heifer

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English - English
A young female bovine (cow) that has not yet had a calf
An ugly or objectionable woman; a cow

She picked up the house phone on the first ring but heard nothing on the other end. This silly heifer wanted to play childish games.

a young cow
{n} a young cow, a young woman in joke
Young female bovine cow prior to the time that she has produced her first calf
{i} young cow, cow that has not had a calf
A young female cow, especially one that has never had a calf
A cow that has not yet had a calf
A young female cow that has not had a calf yet
A heifer is a young cow that has not yet had a calf. a young cow that has not yet given birth to a calf bullock, ox ox, steer steer
young cow

Related Terms

heifer paddock
A paddock containing only heifers (the bulls being kept out)
heifer paddock
A girls' boarding school
heifer paddocks
plural form of heifer paddock
A heifer
stot
A heifer
quey
heifers
plural of heifer
heifer

    Hyphenation

    heif·er

    Turkish pronunciation

    hayfır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈhīfər/ /ˈhaɪfɜr/

    Etymology

    () Middle English hayfare, from Old English hēahfore, hēahfru, hēahfre, feminine of hæfer 'goat', from Proto-Germanic *xaƀraz (compare Old Norse hafr), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros 'goat' (compare Welsh gafr 'goat', Latin caper 'goat', Ancient Greek κάπρος 'wild boar', Persian kahra 'kid'), from *kápṛ 'penis' (compare Sanskrit kápṛth).
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