livestock

noun
/ˈlaɪvstɒk/UK/ˈlaɪvstɑk/US

Etymology

From live + stock.

  1. inherited from *stukkaz
  2. inherited from *stokk
  3. inherited from stocc
  4. inherited from stok
  5. formed as livestock — “live + stock

Definitions

  1. Farm animals

    Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.

    • The livestock were poisoned by what they grazed on.
    • Livestock is bought and sold at an auction market.
    • Much livestock was slaughtered due to high feed prices.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at livestock. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01livestock02domesticated03domesticate04live05permanent06hair07growing08raising09cultivation10agriculture

A definitional loop anchored at livestock. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at livestock

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA