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| horse [ hawrss ] |
noun (plural hors·es) |
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1. four-legged animal: a large four-legged animal with a mane, tail, hooves, and a long head.riding, pulling vehicles, carrying loads. Latin name Equus caballus.
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2. stallion or gelding: an adult male horse
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3. animal of horse family: an animal that belongs to the horse family, e.g. a donkey or zebra. Family Equidae.
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4. gymnastics
Same as vaulting horse
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5. frame or support: a frame or support, especially one mounted on four legs
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6. military mounted soldiers: a unit of soldiers riding horses
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takes a singular verb
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7. geology mass of rock in ore: a mass of rock located in an ore vein
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8. drugs
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dated slang
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Same as heroin
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9. automotive
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informal
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Same as horsepower
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usually used in the plural
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plural noun hors·es |
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horseracing: horseracing, especially as a gambling activity
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informal
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verb (past and past participle horsed, present participle hors·ing, 3rd person present singular hors·es) |
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1. transitive verb give somebody horse: to provide somebody with a horse
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2. transitive and intransitive verb riding put or get on horse: to put a rider on a horse's back, or mount a horse
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3. intransitive verb zoology be in heat: to be ready to mate with a male horse
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refers to mares
)
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| [ Old English hors< Germanic] |
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back or pick the wrong horse to make a bad choice
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beat a dead horse to pursue a topic or course of action that is likely to be totally unproductive
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from the horse's mouth from a well-informed and reliable source
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look a gift horse in the mouth to criticize something that has been given to you
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wild horses would or could not... no amount of force or persuasion could make somebody do a particular thing (informal)
  Wild horses wouldn't drag the secret out of me.
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