horse

  • 21horse — horse1 [ hɔrs ] noun *** 1. ) count a large animal that people ride. The sound a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a mare. A young horse is called a foal. 2. ) count a piece of equipment… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22horse — bat·horse; clothes·horse; dis·horse; horse; horse·back·er; horse·cors·er; horse·heal; horse·less; horse·man; horse·man·ship; horse·tree; un·horse; white·horse; horse·cours·er; horse·heel; …

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  • 23horse — I UK [hɔː(r)s] / US [hɔrs] noun Word forms horse : singular horse plural horses *** 1) [countable] a large animal that people ride. The sound that a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a… …

    English dictionary

  • 24horse — see you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink don’t change horses in mid stream England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants never look a gift horse in the mouth a good horse cannot be… …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 25horse — I. noun (plural horses; also horse) Etymology: Middle English hors, from Old English; akin to Old High German hros horse Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a large solid hoofed herbivorous ungulate mammal (Equus caballus, family Equidae, the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26horse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. equine; stallion, mare, colt, filly, foal, gelding; steed, mount; trotter, pacer, hackney; nag, hack, pony, charger, courser; dobbin, jennet; cavalry; sawhorse; bronco, mustang, cayuse; Arab. See… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 27horse — [[t]hɔrs[/t]] n. pl. hors•es, (esp. collectively)horse, 1) mam 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)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28horse — Synonyms and related words: Al Borak, American trotter, Amytal, Amytal pill, Angora goat, Appaloosa, Arabian, Arctic fox, Barb, Barbary horse, Belgian, Belgian hare, Black Beauty, Caffre cat, Citation, Cleveland Bay, Demerol, Dolophine, French… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29horse — 1 noun 1 a large strong animal that people ride on and use for pulling heavy things 2 the horses informal horse races 3 straight from the horse s mouth if you hear something straight from the horse s mouth, you are told it by someone who has… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30horse — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE… …

    Dictionary of American idioms