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horse
large, four-legged animal: She rode the horse into the woods.
Not to be confused with:
hoarse – harsh; grating; throaty; rough: His voice was hoarse from screaming at the game.
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horse
(hôrs)n.
1.
a. A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
b. An adult male horse; a stallion.
c. Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species Przewalski's horse or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
2. A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
3. Sports A vaulting horse.
4. Slang Heroin.
5. often horses Horsepower: a muscle car with 400 horses under the hood.
6. Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
7. Geology
a. A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
b. A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.
v. horsed, hors·ing, hors·es
v.tr.
1. To provide with a horse.
2. To haul or hoist energetically: "Things had changed little since the days of the pyramids, with building materials being horsed into place by muscle power" (Henry Allen).
v.intr.
To be in heat. Used of a mare.
adj.
Phrasal Verb: 1. Of or relating to a horse: a horse blanket.
2. Mounted on horses: horse guards.
3. Drawn or operated by a horse.
4. Larger or cruder than others in the same category: horse pills.
horse around Informal
Idioms: To indulge in horseplay or frivolous activity: Stop horsing around and get to work.
a horse of another/a different color
Another matter entirely; something else.
beat/flog a dead horse
1. To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.
2. To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.
be/get on (one's) high horse
To be or become disdainful, superior, or conceited.
hold (one's) horses
To restrain oneself.
the horse's mouth
A source of information regarded as original or unimpeachable.
[Middle English, from Old English hors; akin to Old Norse hross, horse, and German Ross, steed.]
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horse
(hɔːs)n
1. (Animals) a domesticated perissodactyl mammal, Equus caballus, used for draught work and riding: family Equidae.
2. (Animals) the adult male of this species; stallion
3. (Animals) wild horse
a. a horse (Equus caballus) that has become feral
b. another name for Przewalski's horse
4. (Animals)
a. any other member of the family Equidae, such as the zebra or ass
b. (as modifier): the horse family.
5. (Military) (functioning as plural) horsemen, esp cavalry: a regiment of horse.
6. (Gymnastics) gymnastics Also called: buck a padded apparatus on legs, used for vaulting, etc
7. (Building) a narrow board supported by a pair of legs at each end, used as a frame for sawing or as a trestle, barrier, etc
8. a contrivance on which a person may ride and exercise
9. (Pharmacology) a slang word for heroin
10. (Mining & Quarrying) mining a mass of rock within a vein of ore
11. (Nautical Terms) nautical a rod, rope, or cable, fixed at the ends, along which something may slide by means of a thimble, shackle, or other fitting; traveller
12. (Chess & Draughts) chess an informal name for knight
13. (Units) informal short for horsepower
14. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (modifier) drawn by a horse or horses: a horse cart.
15. a horse of another colour a horse of a different colour a completely different topic, argument, etc
16. be on one's high horse get on one's high horse informal to be disdainfully aloof
17. flog a dead horse See flog6
18. hold one's horses to hold back; restrain oneself
19. horses for courses a policy, course of action, etc modified slightly to take account of specific circumstances without departing in essentials from the original
20. the horse's mouth the most reliable source
21. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to horse! an order to mount horses
vb
22. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to provide with a horse or horses
23. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to put or be put on horseback
24. (tr) to move (something heavy) into position by sheer physical strength
[Old English hors; related to Old Frisian hors, Old High German hros, Old Norse hross]
ˈhorseless adj
ˈhorseˌlike adj
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horse
(hɔrs)n., pl. hors•es, (esp. collectively) horse, n.
1. a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous mammal, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in numerous varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads and for riding.
2. a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion.
3. something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse.
4. Also called trestle. a frame or block, with legs, on which something is mounted or supported.
5.
6. soldiers serving on horseback; cavalry: a thousand horse.
7. Usu., horses. Informal. horsepower.
8. Informal. a knight in chess.
9. Slang. an illicit aid to schoolwork, esp. a literal translation of a foreign-language text; pony; crib.
10. a mass of rock enclosed within a lode or vein of ore.
11. Slang. heroin.
v.t. 12. to provide with a horse or horses.
13. to set on horseback.
14. to move with great physical effort or force.
15. Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged.
v.i. 16. to mount or go on a horse.
17. (of a mare) to be in heat.
18. horse around, Informal. to fool around; indulge in horseplay.
adj. 19. of or for a horse or horses.
20. drawn or powered by a horse or horses.
21. mounted or serving on horses: horse troops.
22. unusually large.
Idioms: 1. from the horse's mouth, from the original or a trustworthy source.
2. hold one's horses, Informal. to be patient.
3. look a gift horse in the mouth, to be critical of a gift.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English hors, c. Old Saxon hros, hers, Old High German (h)ros, Old Norse hross]
horse′less, adj.
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horse
(hôrs)1. A large hoofed mammal having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail. Horses have been domesticated for riding and for drawing or carrying loads since ancient times. Because they have a single broad hoof on each foot, horses run not on entire feet but on single toes.
2. Any living or extinct equine mammal.
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horse
Past participle: horsed
Gerund: horsing
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| Noun | 1. |  horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric timesencolure - the mane of a horse horseback - the back of a horse horse's foot - the hoof of a horse Equus, genus Equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae equid, equine - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck roan - a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray stable companion, stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person gee-gee - a word for horse used by children or in adult slang dawn horse, eohippus - earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal mesohippus - North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses protohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size foal - a young horse male horse - the male of species Equus caballus female horse, mare - female equine animal pony - a range horse of the western United States polo pony - a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo wild horse - undomesticated or feral domestic horse hack - a horse kept for hire pony - any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder steeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechases stalking-horse - a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game harness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles workhorse - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor post horse, post-horse, poster - a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers pacer - a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together high stepper, stepper - a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting chestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse liver chestnut - a solid dark brown horse bay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color palomino - a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail pinto - a spotted or calico horse or pony withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle poll - the part of the head between the ears horseflesh, horsemeat - the flesh of horses as food |
| 2. | horse - a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs exerciser, gymnastic apparatus - sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises pommel horse, side horse - a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end buck, long horse, vaulting horse - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting | |
| 3. |  horse - troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" cavalryman, trooper - a soldier in a motorized army unit | |
| 4. |  horse - a framework for holding wood that is being sawedframework - a structure supporting or containing something trestle - sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop | |
| 5. | horse - a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | |
| Verb | 1. | horse - provide with a horse or horses cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" remount - provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment" |
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horse
noun nag, mount, mare, colt, filly, stallion, gelding, jade, pony, yearling, steed (archaic or literary), dobbin, moke (Austral. slang), hobby (archaic or dialect), yarraman (Austral.), gee-gee (slang), cuddy or cuddie (dialect, chiefly Scot.), studhorse or stud A small man on a grey horse had appeared.
horse around or about (Informal) play around or about, fool about or around, clown, misbehave, play the fool, roughhouse (slang), play the goat, monkey about or around, indulge in horseplay, lark about or around Later that day I was horsing around with Katie.
Related words
adjectives equestrian, equine, horsey
noun equitation
male stallion
female mare
young foal, colt, filly
like hippomania
fear hippophobia
see equestrianismadjectives equestrian, equine, horsey
noun equitation
male stallion
female mare
young foal, colt, filly
like hippomania
fear hippophobia
Quotations
"A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" [William Shakespeare Richard III]
"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle" [Ian Fleming]
"A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" [William Shakespeare Richard III]
"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle" [Ian Fleming]
Proverbs
"Don't change horses in midstream"
"You can take a horse to water but you cannot make him drink"
"A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse"
"Nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse"
"Don't change horses in midstream"
"You can take a horse to water but you cannot make him drink"
"A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse"
"Nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse"
Horses
Breeds of horse Akhal-Teke, American Quarter horse, American Saddle horse, Andalusian, Anglo-Arab, Anglo-Norman, Appaloosa, Arab, Ardennes, Balearic, Barb, Basuto, Batak or Deli, boerperd, Beetewk, Brabançon, Breton, Burmese or Shan, Cleveland Bay, Clydesdale, Connemara, Criollo, Dales pony, Danish, Dartmoor pony, Don, Dutch Draught, Esthonian, Smudish, or Zmudzin, Exmoor, Fell pony, Finnish horse, Fjord pony, Flemish, Friesian, Gelderland, Gidran, Groningen, Gudbrandsdal, Hackney, Hafflinger, Hambletonian, Hanoverian, Highland pony, Holstein, Huçul, Iceland pony, Iomud, Jutland, Kabarda, Karabair, Karabakh, Karadagh, Kathiawari, Kladruber, Klepper, Knabstrup, Konik, Kurdistan pony, Limousin, Lipizzaner or Lippizaner, Lokai, Manipur, Marwari, Mecklenburg, Mongolian, Morgan, mustang or bronco, New Forest pony, Nonius, North Swedish horse, Oldenburg, Orlov Trotter, Palomino, Percheron, Persian Arab, Pinto, Pinzgauer, Polish Arab, Polish Half-bred, Polish Thoroughbred, Quarter horse, racehorse, Rhenish, Russian saddle horse or Orlov Rostopchin, Schleswig, Shagya, Shetland pony, Shirazi or Gulf Arab, Shire horse, Spanish Jennet or Genet, Spiti, Standard Bred, Strelet, Suffolk or Suffolk Punch, Swedish Ardennes, Tarbenian, Tarpan, Tennessee Walking Horse or Walking Horse, Thoroughbred, Timor pony, Trakehner, Turk or Turkoman, Viatka, Waler, Welsh Cob, Welsh Mountain pony, Welsh pony, Yamoote, Yorkshire Coach horse, Zeeland horse, Zemaitukas
Types of horse carthorse, cavalry horse, cayuse (Western U.S. & Canad.), charger, cob, courser (literary), cow pony, crock, destrier (archaic), drayhorse, hack, high-stepper, hunter, liberty horse, nag, night horse (Austral.), packhorse, palfrey (archaic), pacer, packhorse, plug (chiefly U.S.), polo pony, pony, racehorse or (Austral. informal) neddy, rip (informal, archaic), running mate, saddle horse or saddler, screw (slang), show jumper, stalking-horse, stockhorse, sumpter (archaic), trooper, warhorse, weed, workhorse
Wild horses brumby (Austral.), buckjumper (Austral.), mustang, Przewalski's horse or wild horse, quagga, tarpan, warrigal (Austral.), zebra
Extinct horses hyracotherium or eohippus, merychippus, miohippus, pliohippus, quagga, tarpan
Legendary/fictional/historical horses Bayard, Black Beauty, Black Bess, Boxer, Bucephalus, Champion, El Fideldo, Flicka, Hercules, Incitatus, Mister Ed, Pegasus, Rosinante, Silver, Sleipnir, Traveler, Trigger
Horse colours albino, bay, black, blue roan, chestnut, claybank, cream, dapple, dapplegrey, dun, fleabitten, grey, mealy, palomino, piebald, pinto (U.S. & Canad.), roan, skewbald, sorrel, strawberry roan
Horse markings blaze, coronet, snip, sock, star, stocking, stripe, white face
Horse gaits amble, canter, extended trot, gallop, jog trot, lope, pace, prance, rising trot, single-foot or rack, sitting trot, trot, walk
Horse parts back, bar, barrel, brisket, buttress, cannon bone, chestnut, chin groove, coffin bone, coronet band, counter, coupling, croup or croupe, diagonal, dock, ergot, fetlock joint, flank, forearm, forehand, foreleg, forelock, forequarters, frog, gambrel, gaskin or second thigh, hamstring, haunch, haw, heel, hock, hoof, loins, mane, muzzle, near-fore, near-hind, neck, off-fore, off-hind, pastern, poll, quarter, saddle, shannon or shank, sheath, sole, splint bone, stifle joint, tail, toe, tusk, wall, white line, withers
People associated with horses broncobuster, buster (U.S. & Canad.), caballero (Southwestern U.S.), cavalier, cavalry, chevalier (French history), coachman, coper, cowboy, currier, equerry, equestrian or (fem.) equestrienne, equites (Roman history), farrier, groom, horseman or (fem.) horsewoman, horse whisperer, hussar, jockey, Jockey Club, knacker, knight, lad (Brit.), ostler, picador, postilion, postrider, rider, roughrider, rustler (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), saddler, stable lad, trainer, wrangler (Western U.S. & Canad.)
Tack and equipment and their parts anti-sweat rug, bar, bard or barde, bearing rein or (U.S.) check rein, bit, blinkers, body brush, boot, breastplate, breeching, bridle, bridoon, browband, cantle, cavesson, chamfron, cheek-piece, crownpiece, crupper, curb or curb bit, curb chain, curb reins, curry comb, dandy brush, day rug, double bridle, double-jointed snaffle, flap, front arch, fulmer snaffle, gag-bit, gambado, girth or (U.S. & Canad.) cinch, girth strap, hackamore plate, halter, harness, headpiece, hockboot, hoof pick, horseshoe, jointed egg-butt snaffle, kimblewick, kneecap, lip strap, mane comb, martingale, New Zealand rug, night rug, nosebag, noseband or nosepiece, overcheck, pad saddle or numnah, pelham, plain snaffle, plate, pommel, rein, roller, saddle, saddlebag, saddlecloth, saddlery, sidesaddle, skirt, sliphead, snaffle or snaffle bit, split-eared bridle, spur, stable rubber, stirrup, stirrup bar, stirrup iron, stirrup leather, summer sheet, surcingle, sweat scraper, swingletree, whippletree, or (U.S.) whiffletree, tack, tail bandage, tail comb, tailguard, throatlash or throatlatch, trace, trammel, trappings, twisted snaffle, twitch, underblanket, water brush, Weymouth curb bit, wisp
Horses, rhinos and other perissodactyls ass, chigetai or dziggetai, donkey, elephant, horse
see breeds of horse keitloa, kiang, kulan, mule, onager, rhinoceros, tapir, white elephant, zebraCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
حِصَانٌحِصان خَشَبي للقَفْزفَرَس، حِصان
кон
cavall
kůň
hest
ĉevalo
hobune
hevonenhevoseläinpollehepo
chevalcheval d'arçons
अश्व
konj
ló
kuda
hestur
馬うま
말
arklysašutaibimbalasgardas arkliams vežtijojikas
zirgs
കുതിര
cabalincalcaprăcavaler
kôň
konj
коњ
hästbock
farasi
ม้า
кінь
con ngựamãngựa
horse
[hɔːs]A. N
1. (Zool) → caballo m
dark horse → incógnita f
it's a case of horses for courses (Brit) → en cada caso es distinto, a cada cual lo suyo
to change horses in midstream → cambiar de política (or personal ) a mitad de camino
a horse of a different colour → harina f de otro costal
to eat like a horse → comer como una vaca
to flog a dead horse → machacar en hierro frío
to get on one's high horse → ponerse a pontificar
don't look a gift horse in the mouth → a caballo regalado, no le mires el diente
hold your horses! → ¡para el carro!, ¡despacito!
to be straight from the horse's mouth → ser de buena tinta
dark horse → incógnita f
it's a case of horses for courses (Brit) → en cada caso es distinto, a cada cual lo suyo
to change horses in midstream → cambiar de política (or personal ) a mitad de camino
a horse of a different colour → harina f de otro costal
to eat like a horse → comer como una vaca
to flog a dead horse → machacar en hierro frío
to get on one's high horse → ponerse a pontificar
don't look a gift horse in the mouth → a caballo regalado, no le mires el diente
hold your horses! → ¡para el carro!, ¡despacito!
to be straight from the horse's mouth → ser de buena tinta
2. (in gymnastics) → potro m
3. (carpenter's) → caballete m
4. (= cavalry) → caballería f
B. CPD horse artillery N → artillería f montada
horse brass N → jaez m
horse breaker N → domador(a) m/f de caballos
horse breeder N → criador(a) m/f de caballos
horse chestnut N (Bot) (= tree) → castaño m de Indias; (= fruit) → castaña f de Indias
horse collar N → collera f
horse dealer N → chalán m
horse doctor N → veterinario/a m/f
Horse Guards NPL (Brit) → Guardia fsing Montada
horse laugh N → risotada f, carcajada f
horse mackerel N → jurel m
horse manure N → abono m de caballo
horse meat N (Culin) → carne f de caballo
horse opera N (US) → película f del Oeste
horse race N → carrera f de caballos
horse racing N (gen) → carreras fpl de caballos; (as sport) → hípica f
horse riding N (Brit) → equitación f
horse sense N → sentido m común
horse show N → concurso m hípico
horse trader N (Pol) → chalán/ana m/f
horse trading N (Pol) → toma y daca m, chalaneo m
horse trailer N (US) → remolque m para caballerías
horse trials NPL → concurso m hípico
horse brass N → jaez m
horse breaker N → domador(a) m/f de caballos
horse breeder N → criador(a) m/f de caballos
horse chestnut N (Bot) (= tree) → castaño m de Indias; (= fruit) → castaña f de Indias
horse collar N → collera f
horse dealer N → chalán m
horse doctor N → veterinario/a m/f
Horse Guards NPL (Brit) → Guardia fsing Montada
horse laugh N → risotada f, carcajada f
horse mackerel N → jurel m
horse manure N → abono m de caballo
horse meat N (Culin) → carne f de caballo
horse opera N (US) → película f del Oeste
horse race N → carrera f de caballos
horse racing N (gen) → carreras fpl de caballos; (as sport) → hípica f
horse riding N (Brit) → equitación f
horse sense N → sentido m común
horse show N → concurso m hípico
horse trader N (Pol) → chalán/ana m/f
horse trading N (Pol) → toma y daca m, chalaneo m
horse trailer N (US) → remolque m para caballerías
horse trials NPL → concurso m hípico
horse about horse around VI + ADV → hacer el tonto
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horse
[ˈhɔːrs] n → cheval mto hear sth from the horse's mouth (= from a reliable source) → savoir qch de source sûre
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horse
n
→ Pferd nt, → Ross nt (liter, pej); he lost a lot of money on the horses (betting) → er hat beim Pferderennen or bei der Pferdewette viel Geld verloren
(fig usages) wild horses would not drag me there → keine zehn Pferde würden mich dahin bringen; to eat like a horse → wie ein Scheunendrescher m → essen or fressen (inf); I could eat a horse → ich könnte ein ganzes Pferd essen; to work like a horse → wie ein Pferd arbeiten; information straight from the horse’s mouth → Informationen pl → aus erster Hand; to back the wrong horse → aufs falsche Pferd setzen; to change or switch horses in midstream → mitten im Strom die Pferde wechseln; it’s a case of horses for courses (Brit) → man muss den Richtigen/die Richtige/das Richtige dafür finden
(Mil) collective sing → Reiterei f, → Kavallerie f; light horse → leichte Kavallerie; a thousand horse → tausend Reiter or Berittene
horse
:horse-and-buggy
adj (US) approach, system → vorsintflutlich (inf)
horse artillery
n → berittene Artillerie
horseback
adv to ride horse → (zu Pferd) reiten
n on horse → zu Pferd; to travel by or on horse → zu Pferd reisen; to go/set off on horse → (zu Pferd) reiten/wegreiten; policemen on horse → berittene Polizisten
horsebean
n → Saubohne f
horsebox
horse brass
n → Zaumzeugbeschlag m
horse breeder
n → Pferdezüchter(in) m(f)
horse chestnut
n (= tree, fruit) → Rosskastanie f
horse doctor
n (inf) → Viehdoktor(in) m(f) (inf)
horse-drawn
adj → von Pferden gezogen; hearse, milk cart → pferdebespannt attr; horse cart → Pferdewagen m; horse carriage → Kutsche f
horseflesh
n (= meat of horse) → Pferdefleisch nt; (= horses collectively) → Pferde pl; a good judge of horse → ein guter Pferdekenner
horsefly
n → (Pferde)bremse f
horsehair
n → Rosshaar nt
horse latitudes
pl → Rossbreiten pl
horseman
n → Reiter m
horsemanship
n → Reitkunst f
horse meat
n → Pferdefleisch nt
horse opera
n (hum inf: Film) → Western m
horse pond
n → Pferdeschwemme f
horsepower
horse race
n → Pferderennen nt
horse racing
horseradish
n → Meerrettich m
horse-riding
n → Reiten nt
horse sense
horseshit
n (fig sl: = nonsense) → Scheiß m (inf)
horseshoe
n → Hufeisen nt
horse show
n → Pferdeschau f
horse trading
n (fig) → Kuhhandel m
horsewhip
n → Reitpeitsche f
vt → auspeitschen
horsewoman
n → Reiterin f
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horse
[hɔːs]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
horse
(hoːs) noun1. a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.
2. a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.
ˈhorse-box noun an enclosed vehicle etc used for carrying horses.
ˈhorsefly noun a large fly that bites horses etc.
ˈhorsehair noun, adjective (of) the hair from a horse's mane or tail. The mattress is stuffed with horsehair; a horsehair mattress.
ˈhorseman – feminine ˈhorsewoman – noun a rider, especially a skilled one. She is a very competent horsewoman.
ˈhorsemanship nounˈhorseplay noun
rough and noisy behaviour or play.
ˈhorsepower (usually abbreviated to h.p.when written) noun a standard unit used to measure the power of engines, cars etc.
horseshoe (ˈhoːʃʃuː) noun1. a curved iron shoe for a horse.
2. something in the shape of a horseshoe. The bride was presented with a lucky silver horseshoe.
on horseback riding on a horse. The soldiers rode through the town on horseback.
(straight) from the horse's mouth from a well-informed and reliable source. I got that story straight from the horse's mouth.
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→ حِصَانٌ kůň hest Pferd άλογο caballo hevonen cheval konj cavallo 馬 말 paard hest koń cavalo лошадь häst ม้า at con ngựa 马Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- Can we go horseback riding? (US)
Can we go horse riding? (UK) - I'd like to see a horse race
- Let's go horseback riding (US)
Let's go horse riding (UK)
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