The meaning of Bovine

noun

The flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food.

Usage examples:

There was the smell of roast beef

verb

Complain.

Usage examples:

He was beefing about how the recession was killing the business

noun

The flesh of cattle eaten as meat

Usage examples:

A roast beef sandwich, my beef is, how come i’m not making as much as you?, stop beefing about havi…

noun

A person who is in charge of a worker, group, or organization.

Usage examples:

I asked my boss for a promotion

verb

Give (someone) orders in a domineering manner.

Usage examples:

He does not like being bossed around

adjective

Excellent; outstanding.

Usage examples:

That was a real boss move on his part

adjective

Fond of giving people orders; domineering.

Usage examples:

Don't be so bossy!

noun

A cow or calf.

Usage examples:

Those tough little karoo bossies.

noun

An uncastrated male bovine animal.

Usage examples:

Bull calves

verb

Push or move powerfully or violently.

Usage examples:

He bulled the motor cycle clear of the tunnel

noun

A papal edict.

Usage examples:

The pope issued a bull of excommunication

noun

A male domestic bovine animal that has been castrated and is raised for beef.

Usage examples:

There was very little difference in the top prices being paid for beef bullocks and heifers at kilk…

verb

Work long and hard.

Usage examples:

People have dropped dead bullocking their guts out

noun

A young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year.

Usage examples:

A heifer calf

noun

The fleshy part at the back of a person's leg below the knee.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles

noun

A fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.

Usage examples:

A dairy cow

verb

Cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.

Usage examples:

The intellectuals had been cowed into silence

noun

Female of domestic cattle

noun

(in farming) a cow that has not borne a calf, or has borne only one calf.

Usage examples:

They raise their own replacement heifers and sell their bull calves to another organic farmer nearby.

noun

A young cow that has not yet given birth to a calf

adjective

Arranged in a tidy way; in good order.

Usage examples:

The books had been stacked up in neat piles

noun

A bovine animal.

abbreviation

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (the energy dissipated as heat by a person during minor physical activity, such as fidgeting or shivering, that does not involve a large expenditure of energy and is not perceived as exercise).

noun

A castrated bull used as a draught animal.

Usage examples:

Laden wagons pulled by lowing oxen travel down to the coast

combining form

Variant spelling of oxy-2 reduced before a vowel (as in oxazole ).

combining form

Representing oxygen.

noun

An amino acid containing sulphur and important in the metabolism of fats.

Usage examples:

The downstream methionine metabolite taurine is necessary for amino acid and bile acid conjugation,…

adjective

Of or like a bull.

Usage examples:

Moustaches like taurine horns

noun

A type of amino acid (= one of the chemical substances found in plants and animals that combine to make proteins)

Usage examples:

Because taurine is utilized by the body during exercise and in times of stress, it’s become a popul…