Heifer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: heif=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

Heifer, n. [OE. hayfare, AS. heáhfore, heáfore; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG. farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G. färse, and perh. to Gr. , , calf, heifer.].

 A young cow.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Heifer, n.
1 a a young cow, esp. one that has not had more than one calf. b a female calf.
2 sl. derog. a woman.

Etymology

OE heahfore

THESAURUS

Heifer

Brahman, Indian buffalo, Partlet, aurochs, babe, baby, beef, beef cattle, beeves, biddy, bison, bitch, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, broad, brood mare, buffalo, bull, bullock, calf, carabao, cattle, chick, colleen, cow, critter, cutie, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dame, damoiselle, damsel, demoiselle, doe, dogie, doll, ewe, ewe lamb, filly, frail, gal, girl, girlie, guinea hen, gyp, hen, hind, hornless cow, hoyden, jenny, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, kine, lass, lassie, leppy, lioness, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, mare, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, miss, missy, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, nanny, nanny goat, neat, nymphet, ox, oxen, peahen, piece, roe, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, skirt, slip, slut, sow, steer, stirk, stot, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tigress, tomato, tomboy, virgin, vixen, wench, wisent, yak, yearling, young creature, young thing, zebu

ROGET THESAURUS

Heifer

Animal

N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.