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cowing

/ˈkaʊɪŋ/

cowing is the present participle and gerund of cow.

Meaning of cow

Verb

cow (third-person singular simple present cows, present participle cowing, simple past and past participle cowed)

  1. (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
    • Con artists are not cowed by the law.

See all 13 meanings of cow

Proper noun capitalized: Cowing

Cowing (plural Cowings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of cowing

pluralCowings

Origin of cowing

Perhaps a variant of Cowin.

Words that rhyme with cowing

Questions about cowing

What does cowing mean?
Cowing means a surname.
What is cowing the present participle and gerund of?
Cowing is the present participle and gerund of cow.
What part of speech is cowing?
Cowing is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cowing?
Cowing is pronounced /ˈkaʊɪŋ/.

Words near cowing in the dictionary

  1. cowier
  2. cowies
  3. cowiest
  4. cowife
  5. Cowin
  6. cowing
  7. Cowings
  8. cowinner
  9. cowinners
  10. Cowins
  11. cowish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowing (page history and authors); Cowing (page history and authors); cow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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