steer
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6.7
- noun
- /stɪr/
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novillo
- Across the San Jacinto River, I see my first cowpoke herding steers from a pickup.
- fattening steers
- steer roping
- steer wrestling
That's how you give a steer fatty muscle.
- That's how you give a steer fatty muscle.
- As I said, you could look out in that direction and see your tail, but you could do that on a steer.
Examples
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I'm thinking of trying him at steer wrestling in the little rodeo.
Fiction book (2000) -
I roped a steer.
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My daughter is entering a prize steer.
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A cowboy's got to be able to pull off a steer, too.
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I said those steers were your concern.
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You know the steers you brought?
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He's got three or four nice steers of the same weight, more or less.
Fiction book (1996) -
I bred her back to a beef and raised a nice steer I got in my kin's freezers.
Fiction book (2002) -
The smell of the steers and bucking broncos fills my nostrils.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ranchers typically raise a steer for several months before selling it for beef.
Synonyms
2
7.9
A male farm animal that has been castrated and is kept for work or meat
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Etymology
Steer meaning 'a young male bovine' comes from an old word for 'male cattle', like an ox, so it names the male animal that is often raised for beef.