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disturb
English
Etymology
From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?t??b/
- Rhymes: -??(r)b
Verb
disturb (third-person singular simple present disturbs, present participle disturbing, simple past and past participle disturbed)
- (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
- (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
Derived terms
- disturbance
Translations
Noun
disturb
- (obsolete) disturbance
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cow
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kou, IPA(key): /ka?/
- \? ka?\
- Rhymes: -a?
Etymology 1
From Middle English cou, cu, from Old English c? (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *k?, from Proto-Germanic *k?z (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??ws (“cow”).
Cognate with Sanskrit ?? (go), Ancient Greek ???? (boûs), Persian ???? (g?v)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *gov?do (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian ???????? (govjadina) ("beef")), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian ku (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin b?s (“ox, bull, cow”), Armenian ??? (kov, “cow”).
The plural kine is from Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye +? -en, or inherited from Old English c?na (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of c? (“cow”).
Noun
cow (plural cows or cattle or kine) (see usage notes)
- (properly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- (formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
- (uncommon) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (derogatory, Britain, Australia, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXII, [1]
- […] the worst insult to a woman, either in London or Paris, is "cow"; a name which might even be a compliment, for cows are among the most likeable of animals.
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 2:
- Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher...
Mattie Storin: Pig.
- Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher...
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXII, [1]
- (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
Usage notes
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals kee, kie, kine, ky and kye are archaic or dialectal, and are not in common use.
Synonyms
- (derogatory: despicable woman): bitch
- (female animal):
- (female dolphin): dolphinet (archaic)
- (informal: anything annoyingly difficult): bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)
Antonyms
- (female domesticated ox or other bovine): bull (male, uncastrated), ox or steer (male, castrated), heifer (female, immature)
Hyponyms
- (young or little): cowlet, cowling
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: kaw
- Tok Pisin: kau
- ? Abenaki: kaoz (from cows)
- ? Maori: kau
Translations
See cow/translations § Noun.
See also
- List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Probably from Old Norse kúga (“to oppress”) (whence also Norwegian and Danish kue, Swedish kuva); compare Icelandic kúfa (“to set on top”) and Faroese kúga (“to oppress”).
Verb
cow (third-person singular simple present cows, present participle cowing, simple past and past participle cowed)
- (transitive, chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
- To vanquish a people already cowed.
Derived terms
- cowed
- cowedly
- cowedness
- uncowed
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
cow (plural cows)
- (Britain, dialect) A chimney cowl.
Anagrams
- CWO, WOC
Huave
Noun
cow
- metate (grinding stone)
Derived terms
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)?[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 88, 252
Middle English
Noun
cow
- Alternative form of cou
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