cattle

Definition

  • noun: cows, bulls, or steers that are kept on a farm or ranch for meat or milk
  • noun plural: domesticated quadrupeds held as property or raised for use
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: bos, black cattle, cattle run

Examples

  • The people in the crowd were treated like 'cattle' as they tried to leave the stadium.

  • His family used to raise 'cattle'.

  • My uncle has a 'cattle' ranch.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) orphaned. What happened next? I don't imagine the answer is on those second-rate shoes, Clarice. I lived with my mother's cousin and her husband in Montana. They had a ranch. - Was it a cattle ranch? - Sheep and horses. - How long did you live there? - Two months. - Why so briefly? - I ran away. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs