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(ŏks) pronunciation
n., pl., ox·en (ŏk'sən).
  1. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos, especially B. taurus, used chiefly as a draft animal.
  2. A bovine mammal.

[Middle English, from Old English oxa.]


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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.

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    A large, ungainly, and dull-witted person: gawk, hulk, lout, lump1, oaf. Informal lummox. Slang klutz, lug1, meatball, meathead. See ability/inability.


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Technically, a castrated male of the cattle species (Bos taurus), but the name is more widely applied to any large, usually horned, bovine animal used for draught.

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IN BRIEF: More than one castrated bull.

pronunciation North of the Alps, great cities dependent on horses and oxen for motive power could not exist without hay. — Freeman Dyson, from Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions, Harper and Row, New York, 1988, p 135.

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The ox symbolizes the strength and capacity to endure great hardship and toil. One is "as stubborn as an ox" when one's tenacity is greater than one's reason.


Pl. oxen; mature, castrated male reared for meat production or draft purposes.

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The Ox ( ) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Ox is denoted by the earthly branch character . In the Vietnamese zodiac, the water buffalo occupies the position of the ox.

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Years and the Five Elements

People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the year of the Ox, while also bearing the following elemental sign:[1]

  • 31 January 1889 – 20 January 1890: Earth Ox
  • 19 February 1901 – 7 February 1902: Metal Ox
  • 6 February 1913 – 25 January 1914: Water Ox
  • 25 January 1925 – 12 February 1926: Wood Ox
  • 11 February 1937 – 30 January 1938: Fire Ox
  • 29 January 1949 – 16 February 1950: Earth Ox
  • 15 February 1961 – 4 February 1962: Metal Ox
  • 3 February 1973 – 22 January 1974: Water Ox
  • 20 February 1985 – 8 February 1986: Wood Ox
  • 7 February 1997 – 27 January 1998: Fire Ox
  • 26 January 2009 – 13 February 2010: Earth Ox
  • 12 February 2021 – 31 January 2022: Metal Ox
  • 31 January 2033 – 18 February 2034: Water Ox

Traditional Ox attributes and associations

Attribute Associations
Zodiac Location 2nd
Ruling hours 1am-3am
Direction North-northeast
Motto "I Persevere"[2]
Season and month Winter, January
Fixed element Earth
Stem Negative
Lunar Month Dates January 6 – February 3
Gemstone Garnet
Colors Scarlet and Purple
Roughly equivalent western sign Capricorn
Polarity Yin
Countries Switzerland Switzerland, Bolivia Bolivia, Yemen Yemen, India India, Finland Finland,  Cuba, Ukraine Ukraine

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - okse

Nederlands (Dutch)
os, rund

Français (French)
n. - b¯uf

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ochse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) βόδι

Italiano (Italian)
bue

Português (Portuguese)
n. - boi

Русский (Russian)
вол

Español (Spanish)
n. - buey

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oxe, stut

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 牛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 황소, 소과 동물의 총칭

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 牛, 雄牛

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שור‬


 
 
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