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Synonyms for cattle

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kat-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt l

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Définition of cattle

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "property," from Anglo-French catel "property" (Old North French catel, Old French chatel), from Medieval Latin capitale "property, stock," noun use of neuter of Latin adjective capitalis "principal, chief" (see capital (n.1)). Cf. sense development of fee, pecuniary. Sense originally was of movable property, especially livestock; it began to be limited to "cows and bulls" from late 16c.
  • noun bovine animals
Example sentences :
  • He was moving leisurely, keeping his horse at the cattle pony's lope.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • No part of my business is pleasanter than the watering of cattle.
  • Extract from : « A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Our greatest difficulty in these marshes was the watering of the cattle.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Prayers were read to the men, and the cattle and party rested.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • The extent of land is reckoned not by acreage, but by the heads of cattle it will keep.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Miss Whitmore knelt and examined the cattle thief curiously.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • He had gone to the far West in his youth and made money in cattle.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • And then I understood what it meant to 'cut out' cattle from 'a whole lot.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Do you think you can fence in a sentiment as you can cattle?
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • His crops were taken from his field, and his cattle from his yard.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

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