draft animal
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3.9
- noun
- /dræft ˈænɪməl/
- US
:
animal de tiro
- Farmers rely heavily on draft animals like horses and oxen to help pull heavy loads.
- use of draft animals
Examples
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Families and tribes struggled with packs of belongings, wailing young, scampering litters, and obstinate draft animals.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Ngok Dinka, however, strongly opposed the use of draft animals, preferring tractors as more modern and culturally acceptable.
Academic text (1998) -
And you can do it largely with local materials, hand tools, and draft animals.
Blog text (21) -
How many draft animals did you have working on your farm?
Blog text (5) -
Do residents commonly use draft animals, or do they call only on themselves to power simple tools?
Academic text (2011) -
Similarly, in parts of the world where draft animals perform work, they need food as their energy sources.
Blog text (21) -
As there were no draft animals, Maya armies would have to carry all of their own equipment and food.
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In some parts of Africa, draft animals cannot be used at all due to infectious or parasitic diseases.
Academic text (2001) -
The farmers, unable to afford draft animals or tractors for plowing, consistently reported declining yields.
Academic text (1990) -
A farmer and his draft animal must trudge approximately sixty kilometers to put a single hectare into production (Cleaver 1982).
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
20
1.0
A large male cattle made unable to breed and used to pull heavy farm tools
5
3.4
An animal like a donkey or ox that people use to carry heavy loads
3
4.0
A horse that pulls a plow on a farm
1
3.8
A large strong horse that pulls heavy loads like a cart or plow
1
3.4
A strong horse used to pull heavy loads on a farm
1
2.8
A trained creature people use to pull and carry heavy loads like horses or oxen
1
7.7
A large strong animal that pulls heavy carts or wagons
A large Asian animal like a buffalo used for pulling heavy loads
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an animal used for pulling heavy loads' is directly derivable from combining 'draft' (drawing or pulling a load) with 'animal' (a living creature). This transparent noun–noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Draft animal comes from old farming: the word draft meant 'to pull' and the animal did the pulling of plows or carts, so the phrase means 'an animal used for pulling heavy loads'.