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Meanings of ox in English
Synonyms
Examples for "the ox"
Examples for "the ox"
1
In America every one works-eventhe horse, the ass and the ox.
2
I rushed to the ox, in the vain hope of overtaking them.
3
Then the tiger gave the rabbit the ox as he had promised.
4
And the King has grown fat like the ox on summer grass.
5
Steel rails were crowding close behind the prairie schooners and the ox-bows.
Usage of ox in English
1
The second course arrived, roasted kid, smoked peacock, and sliced ox meat.
2
The brains of an ox could concoct such ideas in nine days.
3
In the fast-fading light he focused it on the two ox carts.
4
In America every one works-eventhe horse, the ass and the ox.
5
I saw Iwan walking beside the lead ox, holding a long goad.
6
It tastes not unlike ox-tongue; and all of them liked it exceedingly.
7
I rushed to the ox, in the vain hope of overtaking them.
8
The flesh of the ox is eaten by the threshers at supper.
9
Then the tiger gave the rabbit the ox as he had promised.
10
The more warlike tribes were usually clothed in leopard or ox skins.
11
Jan left the rest of his musk-ox to the wolves and foxes.
12
And the king of the country hath alway an ox with him.
13
And the King has grown fat like the ox on summer grass.
14
Steel rails were crowding close behind the prairie schooners and the ox-bows.
15
Some cows have a masculine or ox expression; others are extremely feminine.
16
She gazed on him like an ox-eyed Juno; you know her way.
About this term
Ox through the time
Ox across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common