Antonyms for ox

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : oks

Phonetic Transcription : ɒks

Definition of ox

Origin : Old English oxa "ox" (plural oxan), from Proto-Germanic *ukhson (cf. Old Norse oxi, Old Frisian oxa, Middle Dutch osse, Old Saxon, Old High German ohso, German Ochse, Gothic auhsa), from PIE *uks-en- "male animal," (cf. Welsh ych "ox," Middle Irish oss "stag," Sanskrit uksa, Avestan uxshan- "ox, bull"), said to be from root *uks- "to sprinkle," related to *ugw- "wet, moist." The animal word, then, is literally "besprinkler."

As in strapping : adj big and strong
As in lummox : noun oaf
As in oaf : noun person who is clumsy, stupid
As in meathead : noun dummy

Example sentences :

Then, he smote his thigh with a blow strong enough to kill an ox.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Then he dealt him a straight blow in the face that felled him like an ox.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

Peace, my darling, here's no danger; There's no ox a-near thy bed.
Extract from : « Grandma's Memories » by Mary D. Brine

And of a sudden he struck a blow at the youth that might have felled an ox.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

The bovine humanity fitted to the machinery as the ox to the treadmill.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

On the earth our tiger-beast will devour your sheep and your ox.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

For example, they are very large in the ox, but small in mice.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

The heriot of a virgate was generally an ox, or money payment of its value.
Extract from : « The Enclosures in England » by Harriett Bradley

And a third showed the horn of an ox, with an obscene inscription.
Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan

But the ox under the yoke is not asked whether he likes it or not.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Synonyms for ox

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