Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cowhide
3 senses of cowhide
Sense 1
cowhide, cowskin -- (leather made from the hide of a cow)
=> leather -- (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)
Sense 2
cowhide -- (the hide of a cow)
=> hide, fell -- (the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal))
Sense 3
cowhide -- (a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow)
=> whip -- (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cowhide
1 sense of cowhide
Sense 1
cowhide -- (flog with a cowhide)
=> flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")