Cattle
['kæt(ə)l] or ['kætl]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(n. pl.) Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Bovine quadrupeds.
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Definition
n.pl. beasts of pasture esp. oxen bulls and cows: sometimes also horses sheep &c.—ns. Catt′leman one who tends cattle or who rears them on a ranch; Catt′le-plague plague or disease among cattle esp. that known as rinderpest or steppe murrain; Catt′le-show an exhibition or show of cattle or other domestic animals in competition for prizes.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing good-looking and fat cattle contentedly grazing in green pastures, denotes prosperity and happiness through a congenial and pleasant companion. To see cattle lean and shaggy, and poorly fed, you will be likely to toil all your life because of misspent energy and dislike of details of work. Correct your habits after this dream. To see cattle stampeding, means that you will have to exert all the powers of command you have to keep your career in a profitable channel. To see a herd of cows at milking time, you will be the successful owner of wealth that many have worked to obtain. To a young woman this means that her affections will not suffer from the one of her choice. To dream of milking cows with udders well filled, great good fortune is in store for you. If the calf has stolen the milk, it signifies that you are about to lose your lover by slowness to show your reciprocity, or your property from neglect of business. To see young calves in your dream, you will become a great favorite in society and win the heart of a loyal person. For business, this dream indicates profit from sales. For a lover, the entering into bonds that will be respected. If the calves are poor, look for about the same, except that the object sought will be much harder to obtain. Long-horned and dark, vicious cattle, denote enemies. See Calves.
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Examples
- Bred in the country, he had attentively observed the effect of lightning on trees and cattle. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She turned in such a way, and said--I suppose you think I'm afraid of you and your cattle, don't you? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The proprietor furnished them with the seed, cattle, and instruments of husbandry, the whole stock, in short, necessary for cultivating the farm. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The poorness of the pasture had, in his opinion, occasioned the degradation of their cattle, which degenerated sensibly from me generation to another. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The cattle were all gone, probably driven off when they left. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She was driving the cattle up the hill, and I went after her--you remember. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Meanwhile Jos and Isidor went off to the stables to inspect the newly purchased cattle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In South America, about Buenos Ayres and the River Platte, many cattle are killed simply for the hides and fat; the flesh is thrown away. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But how disadvantageous soever this system may appear, yet, before the Union, the low price of cattle seems to have rendered it almost unavoidable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The sheep and cattle strayed through the fields and corn,' says a contemporary, 'and there were none left who could drive them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Incidentally this would also have drowned most of the Dutch harvest and cattle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Cattle on this side path. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Man storing graminiferous grasses for his cattle might easily come to beat out the grain for himself. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In this park are several small enclosures for cattle, corn, and gardening. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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