cattle

«cattle» in Mova's school dictionary: large farm animals such as cows, bulls and steers, kept… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, plural only (cattle — no singular form; one animal is «a cow», «a bull» or «a head of cattle»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cattle are large farm animals such as cows, bulls and steers, kept for milk, meat or leather. tree →

2) The word means the whole group of these animals on a farm or ranch. tree →

3) Cattle can also be used playfully for other animals kept or herded together, such as sea creatures. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories cattle live on farms, ranches and stations (in Australia), eat grass and are herded by farmers or by dogs. In science, cattle are mammals that chew the cud and have four parts to their stomach. In maths problems cattle are counted as heads: «200 head of cattle». Phrases: «herd of cattle», «cattle farm», «cattle grid», «beef cattle», «dairy cattle».

examples

• The cattle were grazing in the field. tree →
• A herd of cattle crossed the road slowly. tree →
• The farmer has three hundred cattle. tree →
• Dairy cattle give us milk. tree →
• Cattle chew the cud for hours each day. tree →
• The ranch sends its cattle to market in the autumn. tree →
• Drive slowly over the cattle grid. tree →
• The dog helped round up the cattle. tree →
• "These beasts are sea-cattle," replied Little Claus. tree →

note

Cattle is always plural: «the cattle are», never «a cattle» or «cattles». For one animal say «a cow» (female), «a bull» (male), «a calf» (young). «200 head of cattle» means 200 animals. Safety: never walk between a cow and her calf; cattle in fields can charge.

In the corpora

• There are about a billion cattle on Earth.
• If cattle chase a walker with a dog, the walker should let go of the lead so both can get away.
• And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
• And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
• And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cattle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.