word-vault/dist/data/cards/co/cow.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "cow",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large animal kept on farms to produce milk or beef",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **milk a cow**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**cow’s milk**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a herd of **dairy cows** *(= cows kept for their milk)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beef", "dairy", "milch"],
                "… of cows": ["herd"],
                "verb + cow": ["breed", "milk", "kill"],
                "cow + verb": ["low", "moo", "chew the cud"],
                "cow + noun": ["byre", "shed", "pasture"],
                "phrases": ["a breed of cow"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the female of the elephant, whale and some other large animals",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an offensive word for a woman who you do not like",
            "labels": "(slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an unpleasant person, thing or situation",
            "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become very angry or anxious about something",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't have a cow—it's no big deal."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "for a very long time; forever",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can talk till the cows come home—you’ll never make me change my mind."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kaʊ/",
                "audio": "co/cow/cow__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kaʊ/",
                "audio": "co/cow/cow__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun Old English cū, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koe and German Kuh, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin bos and Greek bous."
}