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noun

a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.

a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion.

any of several odd-toed ungulates belonging to the family Equidae, including the horse, zebra, donkey, and ass, having a thick, flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck and bearing the weight on only one functioning digit, the third, which is widened into a round or spade-shaped hoof.

something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse.

Also called trestle. a frame, block, etc., with legs, on which something is mounted or supported.

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Gymnastics.

vaulting horse.

pommel horse.

Carpentry. carriage (def. 7).

soldiers serving on horseback; cavalry: a thousand horse.

Slang. a man; fellow.

10.

Often, horses. Informal. horsepower.

11.

horses, Slang. the power or capacity to accomplish something, as by having enough money, personnel, or expertise: Our small company doesn't have the horses to compete against a giant corporation.

12.

Chess Informal. a knight.

13.

Slang. a crib, translation, or other illicit aid to a student's recitation; trot; pony.

14.

Mining. a mass of rock enclosed within a lode or vein.

15.

Nautical. traveler (def. 6b).

16.

Shipbuilding. a mold of a curved frame, especially one used when the complexity of the curves requires laying out at full size.

17.

Slang. heroin.

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verb (used with object)

18.

to provide with a horse or horses.

19.

to set on horseback.

20.

to set or carry on a person's back or on one's own back.

21.

Carpentry. to cut notches for steps into (a carriage beam).

22.

to move with great physical effort or force: It took three men to horse the trunk up the stairs.

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23.

Slang.

to make (a person) the target of boisterous jokes.

to perform boisterously, as a part or a scene in a play.

24.

Nautical.

to caulk (a vessel) with a hammer.

to work or haze (a sailor) cruelly or unfairly.

25.

Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged.

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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

to bark; yelp.

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verb (used without object)

26.

to mount or go on a horse.

27.

(of a mare) to be in heat.

28.

Vulgar. to have coitus.

adjective

29.

of, for, or pertaining to a horse or horses: the horse family; a horse blanket.

30.

drawn or powered by a horse or horses.

31.

mounted or serving on horses: horse troops.

32.

unusually large.

Verb phrase

33.

horse around, Slang. to fool around; indulge in horseplay.

Idioms

34.

back the wrong horse, to be mistaken in judgment, especially in backing a losing candidate.

35.

beat/flog a dead horse, to attempt to revive a discussion, topic, or idea that has waned, been exhausted, or proved fruitless.

36.

from the horse's mouth, Informal. on good authority; from the original or a trustworthy source: I have it straight from the horse's mouth that the boss is retiring.

37.

hold one's horses, Informal. to check one's impulsiveness; be patient or calm: Hold your horses! I'm almost ready.

38.

horse of another color, something entirely different. Also, horse of a different color.

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39.

look a gift horse in the mouth, to be critical of a gift.

40.

To horse! Mount your horse! Ride!

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Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English hors; cognate with Old Norse hross, Dutch ros, German Ross (Middle High German ros, Old High German hros); (v.) Middle English horsen to provide with horses, Old English horsian, derivative of the noun

Related forms

horse·less, adjective

horse·like, adjective

un·der·horse, verb (used with object), -horsed, -hors·ing.

Can be confused: hoarse, horse.

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Example Sentences

Obviously, not everyone is close to a race track, nor will everyone find horse racing an enjoyable pastime.

Horse racing still accounts for the biggest slice of takings, but its market share is falling.

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Obviously, not everyone is close to a race track, nor will everyone find horse racing an enjoyable pastime.

Horse racing still accounts for the biggest slice of takings, but its market share is falling.

Look at pictures and download miniature horse wallpaper.

Horse activists denounce the techniques herders use to gather horses.

As advertised, he produced a series of photographs showing the horse virtually stride by stride.

Maunu's attention turned to a small former horse shed near the pool, which until then had seemed best suited for storage.

In the latest episode of scientific gene-twisting, a horse births a foal cloned as her genetic twin sister.

Grown men wept at his funeral, and his family put a toy horse and a toy elk in his coffin.

Pol receives an emergency call from a client who finds her horse down and fears he may not make it.

Usually, one tries to pick a film reviewer who does not have a hobby horse to ride.

They set out together in a buggy with a single horse.

Planning a menu in advance of planting the menu puts the cart before the horse.

Meet the pari-mutuel fund managers who are redefining horse racing.

If airlines ask their customers what they want, they'll opt for a more comfortable horse.

It's curious that we're taught to mount a horse from the left.

As a former horse trainer who still owns several horses, she knows their anatomy and behavior itimately.

Our changing understanding of horse evolution provides another instructive example.

These creatures are being pursued by a high-tech wrangler who has traded a horse for a helicopter.

The deniers are surprised, because the horse did not go where they wanted it to.

His agent would announce that he would take on all comers at the local horse track, a dirt oval found in almost every village.

The pegasus is a pelican crossing with a control panel high enough for horse riders to push the button.

They also had the same prey animals available to them, such as reindeer and horse.

We are creating a menagerie instead of the all horse type.

On that time scale, cart and horse are uncertain at best.

The intent is to reduce the wild horse population, but animal advocates say the roundups are cruel and unnecessary.

I've always heard that you get back up on the horse that threw you.

Scientists have finished a three-year project decoding the genome of the horse and have found something.

Just decades after it was introduced, the horse had.

It bothers me to be out trying to walk in it, or ride the horse.

Cars were a good idea to replace the horse and buggy, but not a good idea any more.

Taxing horses would also deter horse over-population as breeding would be minimized.

Palms along a horse pasture rustle with the morning's first breeze, the swishing of a mare's tail.

The gun attached to this plow would have easily been powerful enough to dispatch a charging horse along with its rider.

In her previous career, as a horse trainer, she gave some of them riding lessons.

In the water, sea horse fathers have an even closer relationship with their future offspring.

The photos prove that the horse has all four feet in the.

They make the legs itch and then will hatch spontaneously when a horse licks the itch.

But an election that had seemed a soporific canter has suddenly turned into a horse race.

After a seven-hour walk in the forest, this horse is taking a break.

Or does he want stoneage technology or the horse and buggy.

Once rejuvenated, jump back on your horse and get out into a city with a vast range of experiences.

So, the utilitarian-inspired mechanical horse instead became a fancy toy for aristocrats and the rising bourgeoisie.

But this is a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

The team radiocarbon dated bits of butchered bone from animals the settlers hunted such as red deer, and wild horse and cattle.

It had only two legs, but an unmistakable horse skull with a horn on.

It is also a tribute to the power of the horse to calm, contain and inspire.

They were regarded as the premier horse thieves of the plains.

The power to produce the harvest was generated either by horse or human effort as tractors were virtually unknown in our area.

On his honeymoon, he filled up the back of a convertible with horse and cow bones.

But as attention shifts towards the presidential horse race, the parties will start to matter less.

At first, a knife and an old shirt were enough to purchase a horse.

At each station, the rider leapt off one horse and onto the next, then sped.

It was a horse carriage modified with two electric motors running the chain drive that moved the rear wheels.

Off-track horse betting jumped in popularity once the shops started providing live television coverage.

Bob and his colleagues set out to disprove the maxim that a camel is a horse designed by a committee.

Shareholders will be voting mainly on the previous year's awards, long after the horse has bolted.

The extensive backwoods road and trail system is used for hiking, mountain biking and horse riding.

The horse replaced the cow, the combine harvester the horse.

But innovating the way industry does today-where problems go in search of solutions-is putting the cart before the horse.

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World English Dictionary

horse (hɔːs)

—n
1.	a domesticated perissodactyl mammal, Equus caballus, used for draught work and riding: family EquidaeRelated: equine
2.	the adult male of this species; stallion
3.	wild horse
	a. a horse (Equus caballus) that has become feral
	b. another name for Przewalski's horse
4.	a. any other member of the family Equidae, such as the zebra or ass
	b. (as modifier): the horse family
5.	(functioning as plural) horsemen, esp cavalry: a regiment of horse
6.	short for Baja California Norte
7.	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.	a slang word for heroin
10.	mining a mass of rock within a vein of ore
11.	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 an informal name for knight
13.	informal short for horsepower
14.	(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.	informal be on one's high horse, get on one's high horse to be disdainfully aloof
17.	flog a dead horse See flog
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.	to horse! an order to mount horses

—vb
22.	(tr) to provide with a horse or horses
23.	to put or be put on horseback
24.	(tr) to move (something heavy) into position by sheer physical strength

Related: equine

[Old English hors; related to Old Frisian hors, Old High German hros, Old Norse hross]

'horseless

—*adj*

'horselike

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

horse

O.E. hors, from P.Gmc. *khursa- (cf. O.N. hross, O.Fris. hors, M.Du. ors, Du. ros, O.H.G. hros, Ger. Roß "horse"), of unknown origin, connected by some with PIE base *kurs-, source of L. currere "to run" (see current). Replaced O.E. eoh, from PIE *ekwo- "horse" (cf.

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Gk. hippos, L. equus, O.Ir. ech, Goth. aihwa-, Skt. açva-, all meaning "horse"). In many other languages, as in O.E., this root has been lost in favor of synonyms, probably via superstitious taboo on uttering the name of an animal so important in I.E. religion. Used since at least 1391 of various devices or appliances which suggest a horse (e.g. sawhorse). To ride a horse that was foaled of an acorn (1678) was through early 19c. a way to say "be hanged from the gallows." Slang for heroin is first attested 1950. Horseplay is from 1589. The belief that finding a horseshoe by chance is lucky is attested from late 14c. Horse latitudes first attested 1777, the name of unknown origin, despite much speculation. Dead horse as a figure for "something that has ceased to be useful" is attested from 1638. High horse originally (c.1380) was "war horse, charger;" fig. sense in mount (one's) high horse "affect airs of superiority" is from 1782. The horse's mouth as a source of reliable information is from 1928, perhaps from the fact that a horse's age can be determined accurately by looking at its teeth. To swap horses while crossing the river (a bad idea) is first attested 1864 in writings of Abraham Lincoln. Horse sense is 1870, Amer.Eng. colloquial, probably from the same association of "strong, large, coarse" found in horseradish. Horse and buggy meaning "old-fashioned" is recorded from 1926 slang, originally in ref. to a "young lady out of date, with long hair." The proverbial gift horse was earlier given horse:

"No man ought to looke a geuen hors in the mouth." [Heywood, 1546]

The modern form perhaps traces to Butler's "Hudibras" (1663), where the tight iambic tetrameter required a shorter phrase:

He ne'er consider'd it, as loth
To look a Gift-horse in the mouth.

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Slang Dictionary

horse definition

n.
heroin. (Drugs. Because it begins with H.) : Horse is still very popular in the big cities.
n.
horse dung. : I got a job shoveling horse out of the stables.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Bible Dictionary

Horse definition

always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is described Job 39:19-25. For a long period after their settlement in Canaan the Israelites made no use of horses, according to the prohibition, Deut. 17:16. David was the first to form a force of cavalry (2 Sam. 8:4). But Solomon, from his connection with Egypt, greatly multiplied their number (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26, 29). After this, horses were freely used in Israel (1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 9:21, 33; 11:16). The furniture of the horse consisted simply of a bridle (Isa. 30:28) and a curb (Ps. 32:9).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

horse

In addition to the idioms beginning with horse, also see back the wrong horse; beat a dead horse; cart before the horse; change horses in midstream; charley horse; dark horse; eat like a bird (horse); from the horse's mouth; hold one's horses; if wishes were horses; look a gift horse in the mouth; on one's high horse; war horse; wild horses couldn't drag; work like a beaver (horse); you can lead a horse to water.