COWHIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cowhide mean? 

• COWHIDE (noun)
  The noun COWHIDE has 3 senses:

1. leather made from the hide of a cow

2. the hide of a cow

3. a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow

  Familiarity information: COWHIDE used as a noun is uncommon.

• COWHIDE (verb)
  The verb COWHIDE has 1 sense:

1. flog with a cowhide

  Familiarity information: COWHIDE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COWHIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leather made from the hide of a cow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cowhide; cowskin

Hypernyms ("cowhide" is a kind of...):

leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

Holonyms ("cowhide" is a substance of...):

cowhide (a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The hide of a cow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cowhide" is a kind of...):

fell; hide (the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cowhide" is a kind of...):

whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)

Meronyms (substance of "cowhide"):

cowhide; cowskin (leather made from the hide of a cow)

Derivation:

cowhide (flog with a cowhide)

• COWHIDE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flog with a cowhide

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "cowhide" is one way to...):

flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to cowhide the prisoners

Derivation:

cowhide (a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow)