ox
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Definition of ox
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
“a yoke of oxen”
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noun
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An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
“a yoke of oxen”
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Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
“Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.”
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(abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of oxygen.
“I'm super excited to be on the summit of K2! No Ox! (coughs) It was hard.”
name
- A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
- The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- A surname.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of Oxford.
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Etymology
From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).
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