Tra từ cattle - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cat·tle BrE [ˈkætl] NAmE [ˈkætl] noun plural
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.

Word Origin:
[cattle] Middle 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’.

Collocations:
Farming
Growing food and raising animals
plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
plough/ (NAmE) plow land/a field
sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
spread manure/fertilizer on sth
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
Modern farming
run a fish farm/an organic dairy
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

Example Bank:
•Cattle that stray onto the electric railway line are killed instantly.
•Cattle were first domesticated in Neolithic times.
•Electric cattle prods were used against the demonstrators.
•Farmers drove cattle along major roads as a protest against high taxes.
•He moved his cattle farther down into the valley in winter.
•There was a cattle grid across the road to stop the cows escaping.
•There was a cattle grid/guard across the road.
•Villagers traditionally have the right to graze their cattle on the common land.
•cattle grazing in the fields