ox
noun
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
oxes
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pluralof ox.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With protectionist trade policies, there's a very strong likelihood that there may be more oxes gored than lambs saved.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2017
Partly it’s cultural inertia, but I suspect it also has something to do with the fact that the companies whose oxes are being gored own some of the nation’s tallest soapboxes.
From Forbes ● Jul. 11, 2011
She jumps on the cart and Wilf snaps the reins on his oxes.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Wid my chyart an' oxes stan'in' 'roun', Her pretty liddle foot needn' tetch de groun'.
From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Thomas Washington Talley
Gentyllmen, have you not hearde of Aesopps dogge That once lay snarlinge in the oxes maunger?
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
