ox
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1.0
- noun
- /ɑks/
:
buey
- He rode his sturdy ox into town to sell the crops he had harvested.
- ox cart
- ox wagon
- ox teams
That's when it came to my mind that, OK, I'm going to offer to buy an ox plow.
- That's when it came to my mind that, OK, I'm going to offer to buy an ox plow.
- But the, you know, the ox, if you put a muzzle on it, you're pulling him back while you're asking him to do work.
Examples
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A boy on a horned brown ox pulled up right in front of the seated old man.
Fiction book (1996) -
The family needs those hands, you know, and these, they used the ox for plowing.
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And strong as an ox.
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The ox must pull the cart.
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I lay beside Speckles, our lead ox, up near his head.
Fiction book (1997) -
When he and the boy had mounted double on the ox, they slowly trotted off toward the hill.
Fiction book (1996) -
Turned by horse or ox power, the wheels would crush the apples into pulp.
Fiction book (1990) -
The village gathered around the ox: young, strong, sleek, and tawny.
Fiction book (1992) -
The farmer used an ox to plow the field and prepare it for planting.
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In ancient times, an ox was often seen pulling heavy carts on rural roads.
Synonyms
18
6.8
A large farm animal like a cow or ox
1
3.9
An animal like a horse or ox that pulls heavy loads on a farm
A strong animal like an ox used to pull heavy loads
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A large wild animal like a big cow that lives in Asian forests and grasslands
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ox comes from an old English word oxa and kept the old plural oxen, with -en meaning 'more than one'; picture a strong animal hitched to a plow and pulling heavy loads, which is why an ox is a large working animal used for pulling.