cade
1
9.9
A young farm animal that people raise after its mother rejects it
- noun
- /keɪd/
- Archaic
:
cachorro huérfano
- The farmer raised a cade who was rejected by its mother, ensuring it received the care it needed.
Examples
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After the storm, they found a young cade wandering alone in the field, so they took it in.
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When the old sheepdog spotted the cade, he quickly guided it back to the barn for safety.
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I am not going to take seriously the threats of a little Berber Cade whom I had at my mercy a short while ago.
Synonyms
orphan
vscade
3
1.3
A young animal whose mother has died or is not there
is a rejected or hand-reared young animal raised by humans
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cade in farming is an old country word for a young animal that people raise by hand after its mother leaves it, so you can think of a cade as an 'orphan' lamb or calf cared for by humans.