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Meanings of cows in English

Portuguese
gado
Catalan
bestiar
Spanish
ganado
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Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age.

        gado
        Usage of cows in English
        1
        He said selling New Zealand dairy cows to China was short-term thinking.
        Radio NZ
        2
        They used to live in Yukhovichi as farmers, keeping cows and poultry.
        Reuters
        3
        On second thoughts, I'll dance with the cows until you come home.
        The Guardian
        4
        Henk has been breeding cows for 30 years and milks year round.
        Radio NZ
        5
        In elegant phraseology they are providences; in plain language they are milch-cows.
        The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
        6
        Live stock and implements: four horses; four oxen; three cows and calves.
        The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V...
        7
        In the first case, 25 infected cows had to be put down.
        Radio NZ
        8
        Students consider the philosophy and history of beef, which came from cows.
        Wired
        9
        He likes to drive the cows to the pasture in the morning.
        Boy Blue and His Friends
        10
        Emerging farmers were promised cows and land for their cattle to graze.
        The South African
        11
        We received fifty cows and fifty bulls; the Masai half the number.
        Freeland: A Social Anticipation
        12
        The farmers never received cows or assistance and the scheme fell flat.
        The South African
        13
        You'd never guess that fifty years ago, cows slept in this barn.
        Pretty Little Liars
        14
        Keeping cows was expensive, and only the wealthy ate fresh meat regularly.
        The dark griffin
        15
        Unlike cows, apples love the dry weather if there's water for irrigation.
        Radio NZ
        16
        I don't know much about cows, Edgar signed, after a long pause.
        The story of edgar sawtelle
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