cattle
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,120 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,368 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age also: cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus so many head of cattlewait till the cows come home
cattle in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
Cattle grazed here in a calm peace.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
-
And now his descendant was pointing out dim shapes in the park which he said were prize cattle.
The Half-Hearted · John Buchan · Chapter 1
-
In the world’s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
-
Encircling the room with gleaming points of light were a multitude of blazing candles, home-made from tallow of prairie cattle.
Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman · Will Lillibridge · Chapter 1
-
The inundation had swept away trees, crops, and cattle, and left in their stead a waste of red sand and gray mud.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1