cow
noun
[ kaʊ ]
• a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.
• "a dairy cow"
• an unpleasant or disliked woman.
• "what does he see in that cow?"
Origin:
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 .
cow
verb
• cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.
• "the intellectuals had been cowed into silence"
Similar:
intimidate,
daunt,
browbeat,
bully,
badger,
dragoon,
bludgeon,
tyrannize,
overawe,
awe,
dismay,
dishearten,
unnerve,
subdue,
scare,
terrorize,
frighten,
petrify,
psych out,
bulldoze,
railroad,
Origin:
late 16th century: probably from Old Norse kúga ‘oppress’.
