Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cows
IPA transcription: [k'aʊz]
Pronunciations of cows
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos_taurus
    Meaning: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
Usage examples
  • "The very idea of your being scared of those cows," scoffed Davy.
  • He had milked cows, but this was his first experience at milking a goat.
  • You will this year have four cows in milk, and you have two cow calves bringing up."
  • From the great number of cows which have been killed, there is a large proportion of bulls.
  • One morning she was driving her cows through the meadows when she heard near by a loud groan that almost sounded human.
  • A party of thirty musketeers advanced into the country and met with oxen, cows, wild horses, hares, and partridges in abundance.
  • SOCRATES: Suppose the slave to be a cowherd; the rhapsode will know better than the cowherd what he ought to say in order to soothe the infuriated cows?
  • "I was once a young lad, and my father had much land, and he had parks of year-old cows, and one of them had just calved, and my father told me to bring her home.
  • When they were all assembled he chose a thousand of the finest bulls and cows, and drove them down to the river, followed by a great crowd wondering what would happen.
  • Mr. Harrison says his pastures are so scorched up that his poor cows can hardly get a bite to eat and he feels guilty of cruelty to animals every time he meets their eyes."
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