ox
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- noun
- /ɑks/
:
buey
- On the farm, the ox helped pull the heavy plow through the field.
Like the ox that you proposed might be, at least historically, one of the most useful domesticated animals.
- Like the ox that you proposed might be, at least historically, one of the most useful domesticated animals.
- And when you get to that glyph that is the face of an oxen, it makes you say aloud the sound moo.
Examples
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Do you know how to distinguish a horse from an ox?
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Roughneck Bennie Morgan, late 20s, an ox of a man, comes across the platform, pulling on oily green coveralls and donning his hard hat.
Fiction book (1998) -
An ox for the people to ride.
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At the center lay the remains of a great red cow or ox.
Fiction book (1996) -
We only have ox carts, and every ox knows me personally.
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Like the ox that you proposed might be, at least historically, one of the most useful domesticated animals.
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I saw him lift a boulder the size of an ox without strain.
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The ox was blue.
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An ox, for instance, could outrun a racehorse.
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The ox had mired in deep snow, breaking through a hidden patch of larch.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A large farm animal like a cow or ox
A strong animal like an ox used to pull heavy loads
A large wild animal like a cow that lives in forests or grasslands
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A large wild animal like a big cow that lives in Asian forests and grasslands
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ox comes from the same old English word oxa and is linked to the plural oxen, so imagine a big, powerful member of the 'cow' family, whether a tame farm animal or a large wild cattle from ancient times, and that is why 'ox' can mean either a domesticated or wild large cattle.