oxen

Speech parts

1. oxen - Noun

Derived from ox

2. oxen - Adjective

Meaning

of Ox

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cattle cows kine buffalo bullock bison longhorn heifer bull cow clod dunce shorthorn stock beef

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Antonyms

professor ace guru authority master intellectual

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Hypernyms

bovine

Hyponyms

welsh devon bullock bull cow grade

Phrases with the word

olly olly oxen free musk oxen wild oxen

Anagrams

exon

Examples

The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet. William Butler Yeats

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. John le Carré

Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals. William Winwood Reade

Dogs bark and oxen graze. Sicilian Proverb

During April rainfalls the pig gets butchered, the oxen gets fattened and the sheep laughs. Sicilian Proverb

Old oxen tread hard. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

oxeia oxeladin oxelip Oxenbridge Oxendale Oxendine