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cat-cow en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:yoga) A stretching motion that incorporates the cat and cow asanas, in which a person arches their back first in one direction, and then the other.

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cat-cows Number=Plur lexicographic

cat-cow en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:yoga) To engage in cat-cow stretching.
    • Continue to Cat-Cow (flex and extend) your spine and experience your shoulder blades sliding together and apart. 2012, Andrew Belcher, Mind Body Bike: Yoga and the Art of Slowing Down to Speed Up:
    • “Cat-cowing is great first thing in the morning,” she said. 2018, Amber Leigh Williams, Navy SEAL's Match:
    • We continued to meet, registering for the same birthing classes, the same CPR course, cat-cowing next to one another at the same yoga studio. 2018, Aimee Molloy, The Perfect Mother: A Novel:
    • Well, actually, as attendees learned while we cat-cowed and downward-dog’d, the real instigator was David’s loss to his girlfriend in a common “debate”... 2010, Ashley Koff, “Yoga for Foodies: A Most Excellent Combination”, in HuffPost:

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cat-cows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cat-cowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cat-cowed Tense=Past lexicographic
cat-cowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic