İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. çoğ. ox.en (ak´sın) i. öküz. öküz. öküz. öküz. çoğ. ox.en (ak´sın) i. öküz. öküz.
2. öküz, öküz.
3. öküz.
4. öküz.

Etymology : Middle English, from Old English oxa; akin to Old High German ohso ox, Skt uksA bull, and perhaps to Sanskrit uksati he moistens, Greek hygros wet; more at HUMOR
Pronunciation : 'äks
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century

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1. city in England; famous English university. bovine animal; male cow, bull; clumsy and unintelligent person (usually having a large build). ox\ox\ (&obreve;ks), n.; pl. oxen (#). [as. oxa; akin to d. os. g. ochs, ochse, ohg. ohso, icel. oxi, sw. & dan. oxe, goth. a?hsa, skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. skr. uksh to sprinkle. ?214. cf. humid, aurochs.] (zo?l.) the male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. the word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female. all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. viii. 7.note: the castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. the male, not castrated, is called a bull. these distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus. when wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. the name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. oxen may comprehend both the male and the female.
2. The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so.
3. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female. any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus.
4. An ox is a bull that has been castrated. Oxen are used in some countries for pulling vehicles or carrying things. Domesticated form of large bovid (species Bos taurus) that once moved in herds across North America and Europe (where they have disappeared) and Asia and Africa (where some still exist in the wild). The docile castrated male is used as a draft animal in many countries. Oxen are used for food in some areas. The term is also applied to a castrated male of any cattle breed. See also aurochs, yak.