ox

«ox» in Mova's school dictionary: a big strong farm animal like a bull, used to pull carts… — 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 (ox, oxen)

meaning for a pupil

1) An ox is a big strong farm animal like a bull, used to pull carts and ploughs. tree →

2) «As strong as an ox» means very strong. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: an animal counted, often in old problems with legs, feed or work done. In history: oxen pulled wagons and ploughs before tractors. In science: oxen are cattle; they eat grass and chew the cud. In stories: pioneers crossing the prairie with ox carts; «as strong as an ox».

examples

• The farmer has 4 oxen. tree →
• An ox eats 20 pounds of hay a day. tree →
• Two oxen pull the cart. tree →
• How many legs do 3 oxen have? tree →
• An ox is a kind of cattle trained to work. tree →
• The pioneers' wagon was pulled by an ox. tree →
• He is as strong as an ox. tree →
• The ox walked slowly along the furrow. tree →
• So on he went with his ox. tree →

note

A thing counted. Hidden number: 4 legs each. Plural is oxen, not oxes. Ploughing is spelled «plowing» in American English. Oxen are usually male cattle trained for work.

In the corpora

• When wolves come, musk oxen stand in a ring with the calves in the middle and their horns pointing out.
• Musk ox underwool, called qiviut, is warmer than sheep's wool, and people collect it when it falls out in spring.
• The old stories are legends: the rat did not really win a race by riding on the ox's back.
• And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
• If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

Trees and pragmatics

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