heifer

«heifer» in Mova's school dictionary: A young female cow that has not yet had a calf (or has… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a heifer, heifers)

meaning for a pupil

A young female cow that has not yet had a calf (or has had only one). tree →

sense in the lessons

In farming and science lessons, cattle words are: calf (baby), heifer (young female), cow (adult female that has had calves), bullock or steer (young castrated male), bull (adult male). In the Bible, heifers appear in old sacrifices. Phrases: a young heifer, heifers in the field.

examples

• The heifer will have her first calf in spring. tree →
• Five heifers were grazing in the meadow. tree →
• A heifer becomes a cow after she has calves. tree →
• The farmer took his best heifer to the agricultural show. tree →
• In the Bible, a red heifer is mentioned in the book of Numbers. tree →
• When the old woman woke, there was no heifer in sight. tree →

note

Pronounced HEF-er (the «ei» sounds like «e» in «bed»). Spelling trap: h-e-i-f-e-r. Plural: heifers. Calling a woman a heifer is a rude insult; do not do it.

In the corpora

• And he said unto them: If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
• Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.
• For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?

Trees and pragmatics

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