# cows

Pronunciation: say "KOWZ" /kaʊz/

## Noun

1. Plural of cow. — plural of cow
   - Simple: Plural of cow. Use this form when you mean more than one cow.
   - _The cows grazed slowly across the hillside pasture._
   - _Dairy cows continue producing milk for months after calving._
3. Alternative form of kouse. — Alternative form of kouse.
   - Simple: Alternative form of kouse. It names a plant whose roots Native American peoples dug up and ate.
   - _The women pried cows from the riverbank soil with digging sticks, filling their baskets with the knobby roots as the snow melted._
   - _Stores of ground cows carried the camp through the leaner winter months._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of cow. — third-person singular simple present indicative of cow
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of cow. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _A single stern look from the coach cows the younger players instantly._
   - _The manager's temper cows anyone who dares to disagree with him._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cows (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).