牛 — meaning in English

English meaning

• cattle noun Domesticated cows and bulls raised for milk, meat, or labor.
• cow noun An adult female of domestic cattle, especially one that has given birth to a calf.
• ox noun A castrated adult male of domestic cattle, traditionally used to pull carts or ploughs.

Senses

牛 is used for these senses in English:

• cattle (pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
• cow (loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
• cow (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
• ox An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.

cattle — full definition

1. noun Domesticated cows and bulls raised for milk, meat, or labor.
2. noun People treated as an undifferentiated, disposable mass rather than individuals.

cow — full definition

1. noun An adult female of domestic cattle, especially one that has given birth to a calf.
2. noun The female of various other large mammals, such as whales, elephants, or moose.
3. verb To frighten someone into submission; to intimidate.

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