[*** \mathrm{cow}^1] |kou|

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a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, used as a source of milk or beef:

雌牛（めうし）, 乳牛(↔ ox, bull1); (オス･メスを問わず)ウシ (!家畜として集合的に表す場合はcattle)

e.g. a dairy cow. See cattle.

(loosely) a domestic bovine animal, regardless of sex or age.

ウシ (!雌雄に関係なく総称的に)

(in farming) a female domestic bovine animal that has borne more than one calf. Compare with heifer.

the female of certain other large animals, for example elephant, rhinoceros, whale, seal, or reindeer.

(象･クジラなど大型動物の)雌(↔ bull1)

informal, derogatory a woman, especially a fat or stupid one:

｟英俗･けなして｠ (だらしない, いやな)女

e.g. what does he see in that cow?

North American informal become angry, excited, or agitated:

e.g. don't have a cow—it's no big deal.

informal for an indefinitely long time:

e.g. those two could talk till the cows came home.

Old English cū, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koe and German Kuh, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin bos and Greek bous.

[*** \mathrm{cow}^2] |kou|

verb with object (usually be cowed)

cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation:

｟かたく｠ (暴力･脅迫などで)〈人〉を脅す (!しばしば受け身で) ; 〖be ～ed into A/doing〗 脅されてAになる［…させられる］(intimidate)

e.g. the intellectuals had been cowed into silence.

late 16th century: probably from Old Norse kúga ‘oppress’.