Horse - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |hɔːrs|  American pronunciation of the word horse
Brit.  |hɔːs|  British pronunciation of the word horse

noun

- solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
- troops trained to fight on horseback (syn: cavalry)
500 horse led the attack
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed (syn: buck, sawbuck, sawhorse)
- a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) (syn: knight)

verb

- provide with a horse or horses

Extra examples

A car with 275 horses

He lost a lot of money on the horses.

Lee had never ridden a horse before.

There you are, old horse; don't say I never did you a good turn.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. посл.

Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. посл.

500 horse led the attack

My horse was last in the race.

Riding on the back of a horse

A fall from a horse

The horse will respond to the slightest pressure of a rider's knee.

He rested his horse before continuing the journey.

She treats the horse cruelly.

She was thrown from the horse.

That horse will never race again.

Phrasal verbs

horse around  — indulge in horseplay

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: horse
he/she/it: horses
present participle: horsing
past tense: horsed
past participle: horsed
noun
singular: horse
plural: horses
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