ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COW
Old English cū; related to Old Norse kӯr, Old High German kuo, Latin bōs, Greek boūs, Sanskrit gāŭs.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COW»
The term «cow» is very widely used and occupies the
9.075 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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10 QUOTES WITH «COW»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
cow.
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.
If you've ever noticed, beauty pageants are a lot like county fairs. The farmers show the cows the same way. They walk their prized Jersey cow across a stage in front of an audience with judges, and maybe the cow even twirls around a couple of times. Then the winning cow gets a satin ribbon draped over it, which has the title and the year on it.
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?'
I'm not here to say I don't eat vegetables - I do, a lot of them - but, from a soil perspective, they're actually more costly than a cow grazing on grass.
Kiss till the cow comes home.
It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.
I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well what is there that I could kill? I couldn't kill this and I couldn't kill that.
Some of the analysts were saying, Now you're a cash cow, there's no growth at all, pay it all out in dividends, give me it all, you can't invest wisely.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COW»
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cow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Purple
Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
The golden age of advertising is over. It's time to add a new P - the Purple Cow. Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat-out unbelievable.
2
Moody
Cow Meditates (Large Print 16pt)
Peter the cow is having a BAD day.
A light-hearted, informative look at cows: different breeds, what they eat, how they make milk, and an assortment of other facts.
This is a book about reading a book, which turns into a different book. But it all ends happily!
5
The Myth of the Holy
Cow
A book the government of India demands be ritually burned.
Dwijendra Narayan Jha, 2003
6
Once Upon a
Cow: Eliminating Excuses and Settling for ...
In this empowering book, bestselling author and speaker Dr. Camilo Cruz helps readers identify the hidden excuses that hold them back-even the most entrenched ones-and open the door to greater success and fulfillment.
Illustrations and simple text describe the full day of a dairy cow.
8
Bone: The great
cow race. Vol. 2
Before leaving the village of Barrelhaven, Phoney Bone risks everything on one last get-rich-quick scheme for the town's annual Great Cow Race, but as usual, Phoney's plans go disastrously awry. Tween.
9
Consider a Spherical
Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem ...
Challenging, real-world situations and worked-out solutions provide the means both for gaining insights into the process of problem solving and for thinking quantitatively and creatively about such environmental concerns as energy and water ...
An introduction to the cow's life cycle, digestion, and milk production.
Kitty Benedict, Andrienne Soutter-Perrot, 1993
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COW»
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cow is used in the context of the following news items.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease not mad cow disease, NSW health official …
Health Protection NSW director Dr Jeremy McAnulty said CJD was caused by an abnormality in the brain and was not mad cow disease, which ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
Calf of stray cow delights SPCA's Cape farmyard
“The mother cow was brought in on July 1 and was found trespassing on a farm in Eerste River. She was brought in with five other cows. «News24, Jul 15»
36 more municipal areas levy cow cess
We are estimating per annum collection of nearly Rs60 crore from cow cess across the state. It will be spent on cow shelters by the cow ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
Cow's that: Milky way to silence BJP's slaughter slur
The chief minister's plan for a cow milk dairy in the state is likely to blunt the BJP's campaign against the Samajwadi Party government accusing ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
Strange stories from Leicestershire's past: The cat tied to a cow
Two youths, named Goodacre and Tyers, were charged with injuring a cow belonging to Mr Redfern of Knightthorpe, their master. Mr Inglesant ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
Thieves nick cow worth over £2k
Police in Johnstone were yesterday hunting a gang of thieves who used a trailer to steal a prized cow worth thousands of pounds. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
Top Cow Productions Promotes Bryan Hill and Betsy Gonia …
As reported by The Beat, Top Cow promoted long-time collaborator Bryan Hill to the newly-created position of Story Editor in an attempt to put ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
Cow and Police Cruiser Big Sellers at Surplus Auction
What's more valuable, a cow or an old police cruiser? ... Among the items at the auction was a cow the county seized after it was found ... «WBOY-TV, Jul 15»
Cow rescued after getting stuck in slurry pit near Torrington
Crews found a cow stuck in a drain overflow tank from a slurry pit. Firefighter Richard Bulled said the cow had been in the pit for most of the ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»
New cutthroat industry for product 150 times price of cow's milk
TRENTON, N.J. —It could trade for 400 times more than the price of crude oil and 2,000 times more than iron ore. If sold off the shelf, it could ... «KCCI Des Moines, Jul 15»
