- cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals for their milk or meat
- a herd of cattle
- twenty head of cattle (= twenty cows)
- dairy/beef cattle
- The prisoners were herded into trucks like cattle.
Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc1- Cattle that stray onto the electric railway line are killed instantly.
- Cattle were first domesticated in Neolithic times.
- Farmers drove cattle along major roads as a protest against high taxes.
- He moved his cattle farther down into the valley in winter.
- Villagers traditionally have the right to graze their cattle on the common land.
- cattle grazing in the fields
- Electric cattle prods were used against the demonstrators.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beef
- dairy
- Highland
- …
- head
- herd
- keep
- raise
- rear
- …
- graze
- auction
- market
- breeding
- …
- a breed of cattle
Word OriginMiddle English (also denoting personal property or wealth): from Anglo-Norman French catel, variant of Old French chatel, from medieval Latin capitale, from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’.
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