cows

verb

present tense third-person singular of cow
as in bullies
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats a sharp glare cowed the child into being quiet

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Recent Examples of cows With their long and crescent-shaped horns, the Inyambo cows graze at the King’s Palace Museum in Nyanza and at the homes of some of Rwanda's richest people, including President Paul Kagame. — ABC News, 27 June 2026 The notion of cow tipping is based on the idea that cows sleep standing up. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026 Mother cows bond deeply with their calves. — Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cows
  1. bullies
  2. intimidates
  3. frightens
  4. scares
Verb
  • Williams called Valkyries fans bullies in an Instagram Live stream earlier this week, and by Friday night, Chase Center had the receipts.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Sweden’s Hien had no idea how to stop Brobbey’s darting runs when looking to connect with crosses from out wide and the striker routinely bullies bigger boys before either scoring or creating for others.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of bullies
Verb
  • Any passenger who assaults, threatens, intimidates or interferes with airline crew members can lead to penalties of up to $43,658 per violation, according to the FAA.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
  • The aura of the classical guitar intimidates me.
    — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of intimidates
Verb
  • The thing that frightens me isn’t that machines will replace people.
    — Maria Colacurcio, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of frightens
Verb
  • As horror franchises evolve across installments, there’s a natural tendency for the creatives behind them to overthink things and get a bit too lost in the sauce of mythos and worldbuilding and topping themselves with bigger, juicier scares.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • What scares many of them is the loss of predictability, the sense of no longer recognizing their own reactions.
    — Dr. Sarah Berg, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of scares

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