(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ 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 ~s.
Dad went out to milk the ~s.
...a herd of ~s.
N-COUNT
see also cattle
2.
Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are called ~s.
...a ~ elephant.
N-COUNT: oft N n
3.
If someone describes a woman as a ~, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid. (INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE)
N-COUNT disapproval
4.
If someone is ~ed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated. (FORMAL)
The government, far from being ~ed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
...~ing them into submission.
= intimidate
VERB: be V-ed, V n into n/-ing
~ed
By this time she was so ~ed by the beatings that she meekly obeyed.
ADJ: oft ADJ by n
5.
see also mad ~ disease , sacred ~