What does cattle mean?
Definitions for cattle
ˈkæt lcat·tle
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Princeton's WordNet
cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus(noun)
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
"so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
Wiktionary
cattle(Noun)
Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).
Do you want to raise cattle?
Etymology: From catel, from catel, from capitale, from capitalis, from caput 'head' + -alis '-al'.
cattle(Noun)
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
Etymology: From catel, from catel, from capitale, from capitalis, from caput 'head' + -alis '-al'.
cattle(Noun)
People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
Etymology: From catel, from catel, from capitale, from capitalis, from caput 'head' + -alis '-al'.
cattle(Noun)
chattel
goods and cattle
Etymology: From catel, from catel, from capitale, from capitalis, from caput 'head' + -alis '-al'.
Webster Dictionary
Cattle
quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine
Etymology: [OE. calet, chatel, goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief part of a man's property. See Capital, and cf. Chattel.]
Freebase
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as livestock for meat, as dairy animals for milk and other dairy products, and as draft animals. Other products include leather and dung for manure or fuel. In some countries, such as India, cattle are sacred. From as few as 80 progenitors domesticated in southeast Turkey about 10,500 years ago, an estimated 1.3 billion cattle are in the world today. In 2009, cattle became the first livestock animal to have a fully mapped genome.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cattle
kat′l, n.pl. beasts of pasture, esp. oxen, bulls, and cows: sometimes also horses, sheep, &c.—ns. Catt′leman, one who tends cattle, or who rears them on a ranch; Catt′le-plague, plague or disease among cattle, esp. that known as rinderpest or steppe murrain; Catt′le-show, an exhibition or show of cattle or other domestic animals in competition for prizes. [O. Fr. catel, chatel—Low L. captale, orig. capital, property in general, then esp. animals—L. capitalis, chief—caput, the head, beasts in early times forming the chief part of property.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Cattle
Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor.
Editors Contribution
cattle
Animals of the group Bos.
Cattle are beautiful animals and they are created in various breeds, shapes, sizes and colors.
Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cattle' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3766
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cattle' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4202
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cattle' in Nouns Frequency: #1541
Anagrams for cattle »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cattle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cattle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of cattle in a Sentence
The Hammonds are multi-generation cattle ranchers in Oregon imprisoned in connection with a fire that leaked onto a small portion of neighboring public grazing land, the evidence at trial regarding the Hammonds ’ responsibility for the fire was conflicting, and the jury acquitted them on most of the charges.
I was very afraid to come here before because angry farmers were killing our animals, but now cattle can roam freely.
The challenge of constantly providing water to both humans and some 2,000 cattle within the community is still there.
The Democratic constituency is just like a herd of cows. All you have to do is lay out enough silage and they come running. That’s why I became an operative working with Democrats. With Democrats all you have to do is make a lot of noise, lay out the hay, and be ready to use the ole cattle prod in case a few want to bolt the herd.
Cattle is for us simply the first foray into what we think is a pretty long list of opportunities.
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- مواشي, ماشيةArabic
- sığırAzerbaijani
- бы́длаBelarusian
- говѐдо, добѝтък, гове́доBulgarian
- bestiarCatalan, Valencian
- skot, dobytekCzech
- скотъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- kvægDanish
- Rindvieh, Rinder, Kühe, ViehGerman
- πρόβατα, βοοειδή, κοπάδι, βόδιαGreek
- bovoEsperanto
- ganadoSpanish
- veised, kariloomadEstonian
- abelgorriakBasque
- گاوPersian
- karja, lauma, nautakarjaFinnish
- neytFaroese
- bétailFrench
- kijWestern Frisian
- buar, eallach, beithíghIrish
- crodhScottish Gaelic
- szarvasmarhaHungarian
- [[խոշոր]] [[եղջերավոր]] [[անասուն]], տավարArmenian
- bestiame, boviniItalian
- 牛, 畜牛, 家畜Japanese
- საქონელიGeorgian
- сиырKazakh
- 소Korean
- pecuLatin
- liellopiLatvian
- sapi, cewe bok, lembuMalay
- beesten, rundvee, veeDutch
- buskap, krøtter, storfe, kvegNorwegian
- béégashiiNavajo, Navaho
- bydłoPolish
- gado, ralé, bovinoPortuguese
- biestga, movel, muaglia, muvelRomansh
- bovine, viteRomanian
- скоти́на, кру́пный рога́тый скот, скот, бы́длоRussian
- govedo, говедоSerbo-Croatian
- dobytokSlovak
- govedoSlovene
- nötkreatur, boskapSwedish
- ng'ombeSwahili
- говTajik
- sığır, davarTurkish
- сыерTatar
- би́дло, скоти́наUkrainian
- sigirUzbek
- gia súcVietnamese
- veter, bubem, smalaveterVolapük
- rodjès biesses, bovrins, vatches, grossès biessesWalloon
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