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# cow

noun (cow, cows); verb (cow — to frighten, rare)

«cow» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cow is a big farm animal that gives milk and says «moo». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#m1)
2. A cow is the female of cattle; the male is a bull and the baby is a calf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#m2)
3. Female elephants and whales are also called cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: animals counted on a farm, with legs (4 each), milk in liters or gallons, and food to eat (a rate per cow); science: cows eat grass and chew the cud; mammals feed milk to their young; everyday life: milk, cheese and butter come from cows; stories: farms, nursery rhymes

### Examples

- The farmer has 12 cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x1)
- Each cow gives 8 liters of milk a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x2)
- How many legs do 5 cows have? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x3)
- There are 3 more cows than horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x4)
- The cow says moo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x5)
- The cow and her calf stood in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x6)
- Cows eat grass all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x7)
- We get milk from cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x8)
- ‘What! haven’t you got a cow?’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/#x9)

### Note

Thing counted; often with a rate per cow (milk, food). Trap: legs problems need 4 per cow but 2 per chicken. Plural: cows (old word: cattle for a herd).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: A cow is one of the clean animals allowed for food and for offerings. The law forbids killing a cow and its calf on the same day, which tradition reads as a lesson in kindness to animals. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted on a farm, with legs (4 each), milk in liters or gallons, and food to eat (a rate per cow); science: cows eat grass and chew the cud; mammals feed milk to their young; everyday life: milk, cheese and butter come from cows; stories: farms, nursery rhymes

### Examples

- And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day. (Torah LEV.22.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cow/#x1)
- Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. (Writings JOB.21.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cow/#x2)
- And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep; (Prophets ISA.7.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cow/#x3)
- Then He said unto me: 'See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.' (Prophets EZK.4.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cow/#x4)

### Note

Thing counted; often with a rate per cow (milk, food). Trap: legs problems need 4 per cow but 2 per chicken. Plural: cows (old word: cattle for a herd).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cow.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cow.html) on Mova free.