Meaning & use

kine

noun·Advanced

An old plural form of 'cow,' meaning cattle.

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The old translation of the Bible describes Pharaoh's dream of seven fat kine.

Farmers in the poem drive their kine home at dusk across the fields.

A note on using this word

Archaic; it survives mainly in older literature, historical texts, and poetry rather than everyday speech.

Words with a similar meaning

cattle

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