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say it: buul
bull is a noun and verb meaning "uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle". It is pronounced /ˈbʊl/ — buul. It carries 15 recorded senses.
the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
the center of a target
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
“The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bull come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.