different between hulking vs bovine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?lk??/

Adjective

hulking (not comparable)

1. Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
   • 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 212:

     A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.

2. Unwieldy.

Translations

Noun

hulking (plural hulkings)

1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
   • 1953, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings (volume 2, part 2, page 513)

     The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.

Related terms

• hulk

Verb

hulking

1. present participle of hulk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bov?nus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin b?s (“ox”). Cognate to beef.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.va?n/
• (US): enPR: b??v?n, IPA^(key): /?bo?va?n/

Adjective

bovine (comparative more bovine, superlative most bovine)

1. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
2. (not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
3. Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.

Synonyms

• neatish

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

bovine (plural bovines)

1. An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.vin/

Adjective

bovine

1. feminine singular of bovin

Italian

Adjective

bovine

1. feminine plural of bovino

Latin

Adjective

bov?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of bov?nus