Sekirov Dictionary

cattle

/ˈkætəl/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 3

noun[usually plural]5

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large animals such as cows and bulls that farmers raise in groups
- Many cattle were suffering from a disease called BSE.
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Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.
- Mr. Jos had hired a pair of horses for his open carriage, with which cattle, and the smart London vehicle, he made a very tolerable figure in the drives about Brussels. — 1848
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(disapproving, figurative) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
- "I always knew it, but I always denied it, because I'm one of them, and I'm like them." ¶"We're just cattle," the Prison Governor said, relieved now. — 1961
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(rare) Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
- “But you cooked a human being and ate him,” say I. “I couldn’t help it,” says she. “I remember the cattle steaks of the old days, the juicy pork, the dripping joints of lamb, the venison.” — 1978
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(no longer used) chattel
- That then every person so offending and convict, shall for his third offence, forfeit to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, all his goods and cattles, and shall suffer imprisonment during his life. — 1552

verb1

(slang) Ellipsis of cattle truck (“to fuck: to break, destroy”).

forms

cattled · cattling · cattles

Phrases with cattle

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