'Heifer' definitions:
Definition of 'heifer'
(from WordNet)
noun
Young cow
Definition of 'Heifer'
From: GCIDE
- Heifer \Heif"er\, n. [OE. hayfare, AS. he['a]hfore, he['a]fore; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG. farro, G. farre, D. vaars, heifer, G. f[aum]rse, and perh. to Gr. ?, ?, calf, heifer.] (Zool.) A young cow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'heifer'
From: Easton
- Heifer Heb. 'eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isa. 7:21); ploughing (Judg. 14:18); treading out grain (Jer. 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:34).
- Heb. parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hos. 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Num. 19:1-10; comp. Heb. 9:13.
Synonyms of 'heifer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aurochs,
- babe,
- baby,
- beef,
- beef cattle,
- beeves,
- biddy,
- bison,
- bitch,
- bossy,
- bovine,
- bovine animal,
- Brahman,
- 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,
- Indian buffalo,
- 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,
- Partlet,
- 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