How do you use Heifer in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cow, plus the exact meaning.
Heifer meaning
- A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.
- A wife.
- An unattractive or unpleasant woman.
Synonyms of Heifer
Using Heifer
- The main meaning on this page is: A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved. | A wife. | An unattractive or unpleasant woman.
- Useful related words include: cow, moo-cow, young mammal.
- In the example corpus, heifer often appears in combinations such as: the heifer, heifer calf, heifer and.
Context around Heifer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heifer
- In this selection, "heifer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pound, chianina, white, show, attaching and tossed stand out and add context to how "heifer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 500 pound heifer if we and 700 pound heifer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heifer" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heifer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A white heifer sold for $4300. (6 words)
Puberty and heifer pregnancy are not the same as cow fertility. (11 words)
Crawford from Newtownstewart won the championship with his Limousin sired heifer, Red Ruby. (13 words)
With a little more effort, the father and son managed to get a halter on the heifer, attaching it to their boat trying to lead it to shore — but not before the heifer tossed the boat around a bit, making yet another energetic attempt for a night swim. (48 words)
Allan and Deirdre Wilkinson, who run the Springfield herd at Out Rawcliffe, Preston, and finished top on price last year with a 5,400gns cow and calf outfit, picked up second and third prizes in the 2023-born maiden heifer show class. (42 words)
In the commercial un-led steer or heifer class, the lightweight carcase bronze medal went to a Limousin cross Angus steer bred and exhibited by M and L Grimson, Albion Park, on 90 points. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
I then sat her down and walked her through a cattle square to determine at what price we could profitably buy back a 500-pound heifer if we sold a 700-pound heifer.
With a little more effort, the father and son managed to get a halter on the heifer, attaching it to their boat trying to lead it to shore — but not before the heifer tossed the boat around a bit, making yet another energetic attempt for a night swim.
Gracie Price showed her Chianina heifer, Gracie Girl 8, at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and won Reserve Champion Junior Chianina Heifer.
Alan Paul added: “The reserve champion is a really balanced young heifer with a great future ahead of her.
A smaller entry sold to £1780 for a heifer with bull calf to S Hayes Dungannon.
A white heifer sold for $4300.
Ben and Katelin Davies, South Australia, presented the Wild Bear Scholarship for entry to the SA All Breeds Heifer Show to Katie Burridge, Spring Farm, NSW.
Crawford from Newtownstewart won the championship with his Limousin sired heifer, Red Ruby.
Friday Night Lights: The Lat Dance head to Heifer Station to hear Gabe Middleton for the last time this year.
In the commercial un-led steer or heifer class, the lightweight carcase bronze medal went to a Limousin cross Angus steer bred and exhibited by M and L Grimson, Albion Park, on 90 points.
Prices were led by a smart heifer from the Sovereign Herd of Charles Davidson and Son, Ballywalter.
Puberty and heifer pregnancy are not the same as cow fertility.
R Johnstone & Son, Butchers, Annan, purchased the days top priced prime heifer at 300p/kg from weekly consigner J Jardine, Yett.
Suckler stock sold to £2800 for a Saler heifer with bull calf and Breeding Bulls sold to £2350 for a young Limousin from Crawford Brothers, Maguiresbridge.
The currently unnamed calf is so young that rangers haven’t even been able to tell if it’s a bull or heifer.
They included “a beautiful maiden, ravished and punished for the violation by becoming a white heifer that leapt a river.
This Limousin heifer was bought on behalf of Brian Phillips, Northallerton, for £1760.
Three hundred and fourteen lots in the calf ring sold to £860 for a partly reared Lim Bull, Heifer calves to £700 also for a partly reared Lim.
A large entry of suckler outfits sold to a top of £2400 for a 2016 Lim cow with heifer calf from a Lurgan farmer.
Allan and Deirdre Wilkinson, who run the Springfield herd at Out Rawcliffe, Preston, and finished top on price last year with a 5,400gns cow and calf outfit, picked up second and third prizes in the 2023-born maiden heifer show class.
Common combinations with heifer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: