DAILY UPDATED VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES. Bull.

• bull
• 1

  male cow

   [countable] an adult male animal of the cattle family:
• a herd of cows with one bull
• 2

  male animal

   [countable] the male of some other large animals such as theelephant or whale
• 3

   take the bull by the horns

  to bravely or confidently deal with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant problem:
• Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things for herself.
• 4

  nonsense

   [uncountable] informal nonsense or something that is completely untrue [= rubbish]:
• What a load of bull!
• 5

   like a bull in a china shop

  if you are like a bull in a china shop, you keep knocking things over, dropping things, breaking things etc
• 6

   like a bull at a gate

  if you move somewhere like a bull at a gate, you move there very fast, ignoring everything in your way
• 7

  religion

   [countable] an official statement from the Pope
• 8

  centre

   [countable] also bullseye the centre of a target that you are shooting at
• 9

  business

   [countable] technical someone who buys shares because they expect prices to rise [↪ bear] ➔ bull market

• ➔ cock and bull story

   at cock1 (4)

   ; ➔ like a red rag to a bull

   atred1 (5)

   ; ➔ shoot the bull

   at shoot1 (13)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.