[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bullock/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / bullock # bullock noun (a bullock, bullocks) «bullock» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A young male cow that has been castrated (had its parts removed so it cannot father calves), usually raised for beef. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#m1) 2. (US) A young bull. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#m2) ### In the lessons In farm and geography lessons, bullocks are raised for meat or, in some countries (such as India), used to pull carts and ploughs. In stories, a bullock cart is an old or rural way to travel. It tells the reader we are on a farm. ### Examples - The farmer moved the bullocks to the top field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#x1) - A pair of bullocks pulled the heavy cart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#x2) - The bullock grazed quietly by the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#x3) - In India, bullock carts carry crops to market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#x4) - The bullocks crowded round the water trough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#x5) - Grandad sold three bullocks at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#x6) - “We do not understand,” said the bullocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/#x7) ### Note Countable: a bullock, bullocks. Farm words: a bull is an adult male that can father calves; a steer (US) or bullock (UK) is a castrated male; a cow is a female that has had a calf; a heifer is a young female. Do not confuse with «bollocks», a rude UK swear word. ## In Jewish tradition A young bull, used very often as an offering, such as a sin-offering or burnt-offering, for a priest or for the whole community. **Interpretation.** The law of the bullock for a sin-offering is in Leviticus. The rabbis read it as a way to put right a mistake by the priest or by the community. Its blood was put on the altar, and the body was burned. ### Examples - one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bullock/#x1) - And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. (Torah EXO.29.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bullock/#x2) - And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting. (Torah LEV.4.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bullock/#x3) - And when the bullock was slain, the child was brought to Eli. (Prophets 1SA.1.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bullock/#x4) - I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds. (Writings PSA.50.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bullock/#x5) - And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. (Writings PSA.69.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bullock/#x6) ### Note Countable: a bullock, bullocks. Farm words: a bull is an adult male that can father calves; a steer (US) or bullock (UK) is a castrated male; a cow is a female that has had a calf; a heifer is a young female. Do not confuse with «bollocks», a rude UK swear word. ## Early Modern English ### Meaning A young male animal of the cattle family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bullock/#m1) ### Then and now Today it usually means a castrated young bull. In these texts it means a young bull, as used for sacrifice. ### Examples - one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bullock/#x1) - “We do not understand,” said the bullocks. (The Jungle Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bullock/#x2) - And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. (Torah EXO.29.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bullock/#x3) ### Note Today: young bull; steer. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «bullock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bullock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bullock.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bullock» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bullock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bullock» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bullock.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bullock» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bullock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bullock» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/bullock.html) on Mova free.