cow
An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
Example
“The whole herd is out to pasture right now — the cows, calves, and heifers are out back, and the bulls are down by the creek.”
Other meanings
Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.
“We saw lots of cows at the farm show, including some surprisingly gigantic bulls.”
Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
“The only meat I eat is cow.”
A kind of
- cattle
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "cū".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.