ox

ox  (ks)

n. pl. ox·en (ksn)

1. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos, especially B. taurus, used chiefly as a draft animal.

2. A bovine mammal.

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[Middle English, from Old English oxa; see uks-en- in Indo-European roots.]

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ox

Noun

pl oxen a castrated bull used for pulling heavy loads and for meat [Old English oxa]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - 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" withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
	2.	ox - any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos wild ox Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos Bos primigenius, urus, aurochs - large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle Bos grunniens, yak - large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated banteng, Bos banteng, tsine, banting - wild ox of the Malay Archipelago Bibos, genus Bibos - wild ox Asian wild ox - genus of Asiatic wild oxen

Translations

ox [pl oxen] [ɔks, ˈɔksn] n → buey m

ox [oxen , pl ] [ɔks, ˈɔksn] n → bœuf m

ox [ɔks] [oxen , pl ] n → Ochse m

Oxbridge

Oxbridge, eine Mischung aus Ox(ford) und (Cam)bridge, bezieht sich auf die traditionsreichen Universitäten von Oxford und Cambridge. Dieser Begriff ist oft wertend und bringt das Prestige und die Privilegien zum Ausdruck, die traditionellerweise mit diesen Universitäten in Verbindung gebracht werden.

ox [pl oxen] [ɔks, ˈɔksn] n → bue m

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ox

n ox [oks]

1 a castrated bull used (formerly in Britain and still in some countries) to pull carts, ploughs etc an ox-drawn cart. os ثَوْر مَخْصي вол vůl okse; okse- der Ochse βόδι, ευνουχισμένος ταύρος buey härg گاو اخته härkä boeuf שׁוֹר बैल vol ökör lembu jantan uxi, geltur tarfur bue 去勢牛 jautis vērsis lembu jantan os okse wół boi bou вол vôl vol vo oxe วัวตัวผู้ öküz 公牛 віл خصي بيل con bò 公牛

2 any bull or cow. bees ثَور، بَقَرَه говедо hovězí dobytče okse das Rind βοοειδές bóvido veis گاو nauta bovidé בֵּן-בָּקָר बैल govedo marha lembu nautgripur bovino 牛 bulius, karvė govs; liellops lembu rund okse; ku krowa, byk boi bovină бык hovädzí dobytok govedo govedo nötkreatur วัวตัวผู้ sığır 牛 бик بيل يا گائے bò đực hoặc bò cái 牛