cowed, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

cow (cows plural & 3rd person present) (cowing present participle) (cowed past tense & past participle )

1 n-count A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
Dad went out to milk the cows., ...a herd of cows.
→ cattle

2 n-count Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are called cows.
oft N n
...a cow elephant.

3 n-count If someone describes a woman as a cow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid.
INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE, disapproval

4  verb If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated.
FORMAL
(=intimidate)
The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.  be V-ed
...cowing them into submission.  V n into n/-ing
♦ cowed    adj oft ADJ by n
By this time she was so cowed by the beatings that she meekly obeyed.

5
→ mad cow disease
→ sacred cow