THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON

Meaning of THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON in English

title and first line of a famous Mother Goose nursery rhyme; nonsensical sentence used to express disbelief (i.e. "yeah right, and the cow jumped over the moon!")

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

MOON — Sole natural satellite of Earth, which it orbits from west to east at a mean distance of about 238,900 mi …
Английский словарь Британика
COW — I In animal husbandry, the mature female of domesticated cattle . The name is also applied to the mature female …
Английский словарь Британика
OVER — I. |ōvə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubari, ubiri, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOON — I. ˈmün noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mone, moone, from Old English mōna; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COW
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUMPED — past of jump
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUMPED — (imp. & p. p.) of Jump
Английский словарь Webster
JUMPED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Jump
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — /oh"veuhr/ , prep. 1. above in place or position: the roof over one's head. 2. above and to the other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOON — — mooner , n. — moonless , adj. /moohn/ , n. 1. the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COW
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — I. ˈō-vər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubar (preposition) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOON — I. ˈmün noun Etymology: Middle English mone, from Old English mōna; akin to Old High German māno moon, Latin mensis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COW
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVER — adv from inside to outside, above or across the brim. 2. over ·adv at an end; beyond the limit of …
Webster English vocab
MOON — vt to expose to the rays of the moon. 2. moon ·noun a crescentlike outwork. ·see half-moon. 3. moon ·vi …
Webster English vocab
JUMPED — impf & ·p.p. of jump.
Webster English vocab
COW — noun a chimney cap; a cowl. 2. cow ·noun the mature female of bovine animals. 3. cow ·noun the female …
Webster English vocab
OVER- — [over-] prefix 1: so as to exceed or surpass "overachieve" 2: excessive "overstimulation" 3: to an excessive degree "overthin"over.ab.stract over.abun.dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOON — [moon] n [ME mone, fr. OE mona; akin to OHG mano moon, L mensis month, Gk men month, mene moon] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COW
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOON — sole natural satellite of the Earth. It revolves around the planet from west to east at a mean distance of …
Britannica English vocabulary
COW — cow, Cow BrE AmE kaʊ ▷ cows kaʊz ▶ ˌ cow ˈ parsley BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OVER — / ˈəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adverb , preposition , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOON — / muːn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. (usually the moon ) (also the Moon ) [ sing. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COW — / kaʊ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a large animal kept on farms to produce milk or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. o ‧ ver 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊvə $ ˈoʊvər/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ofer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOON — I. moon 1 W3 /muːn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mona ] 1 . the moon/the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COW — I. cow 1 S2 /kaʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cu ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOON — n. & v. --n. 1 a the natural satellite of the earth, orbiting it monthly, illuminated by the sun and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COW — n. 1 a fully grown female of any bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, used as a source of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOON — n. & v. n. 1 a the natural satellite of the earth, orbiting it monthly, illuminated by the sun and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COW — n. 1 a fully grown female of any bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, used as a source of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1. …
Oxford English vocab
MOON — n. & v. --n. 1. a the natural satellite of the earth, orbiting it monthly, illuminated by the sun and …
Oxford English vocab
COW — 1. n.1 a fully grown female of any bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, used as a source of …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT /oʊvə(r)/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOON — ( moons) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The moon is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COW — ( cows, cowing, cowed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cow …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OVER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crescent moon ▪ a crescent moon full moon half moon moon boot Moon landings …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COW — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOON — (PLANET) [noun] [U] - the object, similar to a planet, which moves in the sky around the Earth once every …
Cambridge English vocab
COW — (UNPLEASANT THING) [noun] [U] ANZ [informal] - something difficult or unpleasantIt's been a cow of a day.Painting the ceiling is …
Cambridge English vocab
COW — n. mad cow disease sea cow Steller's sea cow
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOON — n. Sole natural satellite of Earth, which it orbits from west to east at a mean distance of about 238,900 …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOON — Synonyms and related words : April showers, Artemis, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Cynthia, Diana, Hecate, Hekate, Luna, Phoebe, Proteus, Selene, abundant year, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOON — See: ASK FOR THE MOON or CRY FOR THE MOON, DARK OF THE MOON, FULL OF THE MOON, ONCE IN …
Slang English vocab
OVER — adj. run over run through or over all over bend over blanch over boil over bowl over check over come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — I. adverb 1. from one point to another across intervening space sailed over to the island Synonyms: across, athwart, beyond, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
COW — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef ▪ dairy , milch ( BrE , often figurative ), milk ( esp. AmE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OVER — See ↑ ABOVE 1, ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ MORE 2, ↑ ON/ON TOP OF 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
OVER — adj. 25B6; preposition there will be cloud over most of the country : ABOVE, on top of, higher (up) than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — prep. 1 above, on, upon, on top of, atop (of) She spread a tarpaulin over the boat to protect it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MOON — See: ASK FOR THE MOON or CRY FOR THE MOON, DARK OF THE MOON, FULL OF THE MOON, ONCE IN …
Словарь английских идиом
COW — See: HOLY CATS or HOLY COW, SACRED COW.
Словарь английских идиом
OVER — 1. предл. 1) а) указывает на движение или нахождение над каким-л. предметом над, выше a flight over the sea ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOON
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JUMPED — Перейденный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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