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noun | verb cowcow1 /kaʊ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYcow1Origin: Old English cu 1 a)an adult female animal that is large and is kept on farms for the milk it produces and for meat → bull: cow’s milk b)a male or female animal of this type: a herd of cows2science, biology the female of some large land and sea animals, such as the elephant or the whale → bull3have a cow spoken to be very angry or surprised about something: Pat had a cow because you didn’t tell her about the party.4till the cows come home informal for a very long time, or forever: They stay up and play cards till the cows come home. [Origin: Old English cu] noun | verb cowcow2 verb [transitive usually passive] ETYMOLOGYcow2Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEcow |
Present | I, you, we, they | cow | | he, she, it | cows | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cowed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cowed | | he, she, it | has cowed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cowed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cow | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cowed |
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Present | I | am cowing | | he, she, it | is cowing | | you, we, they | are cowing | Past | I, he, she, it | was cowing | | you, we, they | were cowing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cowing | | he, she, it | has been cowing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cowing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cowing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cowing |
► be cowed into submission/silence Dissidents were cowed into silence by the army. to make someone afraid, or to control him or her by using violence or threats SYN intimidate: be cowed into submission/silence Dissidents were cowed into silence by the army. |