cow

noun (cow, cows); verb (cow — to frighten, rare)

«cow» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A cow is a big farm animal that gives milk and says «moo». tree →
A cow is the female of cattle; the male is a bull and the baby is a calf. tree →
Female elephants and whales are also called cows. tree →

In the lessons

maths: animals counted on a farm, with legs (4 each), milk in liters or gallons, and food to eat (a rate per cow); science: cows eat grass and chew the cud; mammals feed milk to their young; everyday life: milk, cheese and butter come from cows; stories: farms, nursery rhymes

Examples

The farmer has 12 cows. tree →
Each cow gives 8 liters of milk a day. tree →
How many legs do 5 cows have? tree →
There are 3 more cows than horses. tree →
The cow says moo. tree →
The cow and her calf stood in the field. tree →
Cows eat grass all day. tree →
We get milk from cows. tree →
‘What! haven’t you got a cow?’ tree →

Note

Thing counted; often with a rate per cow (milk, food). Trap: legs problems need 4 per cow but 2 per chicken. Plural: cows (old word: cattle for a herd).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: A cow is one of the clean animals allowed for food and for offerings. The law forbids killing a cow and its calf on the same day, which tradition reads as a lesson in kindness to animals. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted on a farm, with legs (4 each), milk in liters or gallons, and food to eat (a rate per cow); science: cows eat grass and chew the cud; mammals feed milk to their young; everyday life: milk, cheese and butter come from cows; stories: farms, nursery rhymes

Examples

And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day. (Torah LEV.22.28, JPS 1917) tree →
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. (Writings JOB.21.10, JPS 1917) tree →
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep; (Prophets ISA.7.21, JPS 1917) tree →
Then He said unto me: 'See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.' (Prophets EZK.4.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Thing counted; often with a rate per cow (milk, food). Trap: legs problems need 4 per cow but 2 per chicken. Plural: cows (old word: cattle for a herd).

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «cow» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «cow» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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