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horse

  [hawrs] noun, plural hors⋅es, (especially collectively) horse, verb, horsed, hors⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
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.
a. vaulting horse.
b. pommel horse.
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.
–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.
23. Slang.
a. to make (a person) the target of boisterous jokes.
b. to perform boisterously, as a part or a scene in a play.
24. Nautical.
a. to caulk (a vessel) with a hammer.
b. to work or haze (a sailor) cruelly or unfairly.
25. Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged.
–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, 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!
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE hors; c. ON hross, D ros, G Ross (MHG ros, OHG hros); (v.) ME horsen to provide with horses, OE horsian, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
horseless, adjective
horselike, adjective
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Horseless

Horse"less\, a. Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.
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