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noun, plural hors⋅es, (especially collectively
) horse, verb, horsed, hors⋅ing, adjective | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion. |
| 3. | 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. |
| 4. | something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse. |
| 5. | Also called trestle. a frame, block, etc., with legs, on which something is mounted or supported. |
| 6. | Gymnastics.
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| 7. | Carpentry. carriage (def. 7). |
| 8. | soldiers serving on horseback; cavalry: a thousand horse. |
| 9. | 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, esp. one used when the complexity of the curves requires laying out at full size. |
| 17. | Slang. heroin. |
| 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. |
| 23. | Slang.
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| 24. | Nautical.
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| 25. | Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged. |
| 26. | to mount or go on a horse. |
| 27. | (of a mare) to be in heat. |
| 28. | Vulgar. to have coitus. |
| 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. |
| 33. | horse around, Slang. to fool around; indulge in horseplay. |
| 34. | back the wrong horse, to be mistaken in judgment, esp. in backing a losing candidate. |
| 35. | beat or 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. |
| 39. | look a gift horse in the mouth, to be critical of a gift. |
| 40. | To horse! Mount your horse! Ride! |
A different matter entirely: “You might be able to convince Devin's father, but as for his mother, that's a horse of a different color.”
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