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Meaning of horse in English
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/ hɔːrs /horse noun ( ANIMAL )
Add to word list Add to word list A1 [ C ] a large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles : to ride a horse a horse and cart David Taylor/EyeEm/GettyImages the horses [ plural ] informal horse races where you try to win money by correctly guessing which horse will win : He spends all his money on the horses. See more More examples Fewer examples He climbed onto his horse and set off at a relaxed trot down the lane . My horse is a bit timid and is easily frightened by traffic . We heard horses clip-clopping along the road . A total of 21 horses were entered for the race . It's a beautiful horse but a bit too frisky for an inexperienced rider . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Horses & similar animals Arab Arabian beast beast of burden idiom bronc dapple grey dappled grey donkey equine filly hock hoof palomino shire horse sire stallion steed thoroughbred withers workhorse See more results »horse noun ( SPORTS EQUIPMENT )
[ C ] ( also vaulting horse ) a tall piece of equipment that people jump over in gymnastics : Her routine was a front handspring vault in which she had to block high off the horse, stay straight in the air and stick the landing . He's like a gymnast lining up a run to the vaulting horse. Ray Moller/Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Gymnastics aerialist artistic gymnastics asymmetric bars back lever backflip balance beam buck gym gymnast rhythmic gymnastics rope climb rope climbing split spotter stand on your hands/head idiom the splits phrase trampoline trapeze twist uneven bars See more results »horse noun ( GAME )
[ U ] US ( also H-O-R-S-E ) an informal basketball game for two or more people in which players take turns to score a basket and the other players have to copy the way they scored . If a player fails to score , they are given a letter , starting with H, then O, etc. and when a player has all the letters of the word "horse", they leave the game : Deena and her mom played horse at their backyard basketball hoop . a game of horse Who would you most like to challenge to a game of H-O-R-S-E ? More examples Fewer examples They played a game of H-O-R-S-E together. We would play horse and she would kick my butt because she had that hook shot that nobody else could do! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Basketball, netball & volleyball airball alley-oop b-ball backcourt backfield dime dunk goaltending granny shot half-court half-court press hand check hoop jumper overhead rebounder rebounding reverse dribble reverse pivot rocker step See more results »horse noun ( DRUG )
[ U ] slang → heroin SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Specific types of drug acaricide alprazolam amnesiac anaphrodisiac anti-AIDS Dexedrine digoxin dissociative E, e ecstasy gas and air heroin pep pill popper roach smack tetrahydrocannabinol truth serum visionary Xanax See more results »Idioms
(straight) from the horse's mouth have a horse in the race horses for courses you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink (Definition of horse from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)horse | American Dictionary
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/ hɔrs / Add to word list Add to word list a large animal with four legs that people ride on and which, esp . in the past, was used for pulling vehicles and carrying loads : She taught him how to ride a horse. (Definition of horse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of horse ?Translations of horse
in Chinese (Traditional) 動物, 馬, 木質結構… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 动物, 马, 木质结构… See more in Spanish caballo, potro, heroina… See more in Portuguese cavalo, cavalo [masculine]… See more in more languages in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian घोडा… See more 馬, 馬（うま）… See more at, atlama beygiri, kulpsuz beygir… See more cheval [masculine], cheval, cheval d’arçons… See more cavall… See more paard… See more மக்கள் சவாரி செய்யும் அல்லது பொருட்களை எடுத்துச் செல்ல அல்லது வாகனங்களை இழுக்க பயன்படுத்தும் நான்கு கால்களைக் கொண்ட ஒரு பெரிய விலங்கு… See more घोड़ा, अश्व… See more ચાર પગવાળું, ચોપગુ મોટું જાનવર, પ્રાણી જેનો ઉપયોગ વસ્તુઓ… See more hest… See more häst… See more kuda, kekuda… See more das Pferd, der Bock… See more hest [masculine], hest, gamp… See more گھوڑا… See more кінь, коняка… See more лошадь… See more ఒక నాలుగు కాళ్లు గల జంతువు. వ్యక్తులు ఎక్కి ప్రయాణించడానికి వాడుతారు లేదా వస్తువులను చేరవేయడానికి వినియోగిస్తారు లేదా వాహనాలను లాగడానికి వినియోగిస్తారు (గుర్రం)… See more حُصان… See more ঘোড়া… See more kůň… See more kuda, kuda-kuda… See more ม้า, ม้าขวาง… See more con ngựa, ngựa gỗ (trong thể thao)… See more koń, koń z łękami… See more 말… See more cavallo… See more Need a translator?Get a quick, free translation!
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Light horses are bred for riding, racing, jumping, and herding. Their long, thin legs are designed for speed. Long, flexible necks help them stay balanced while ... - horse
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The horse is a domesticated one-toed hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. - Horse
πριν από 5 ημέρες — Horse, a hoofed herbivorous mammal of the family Equidae. It comprises a single species, Equus caballus, divided into numerous varieties. - HORSE Powertrain Solutions – a global innovator and ...
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(US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses ... - horse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies ... - Horse Definition & Meaning
πριν από 8 ημέρες — a large animal with four legs that people ride on and which, esp. in the past, was used for pulling vehicles and carrying loads:. - HORSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
πριν από 8 ημέρες — The meaning of HORSE is a large solid-hoofed herbivorous ungulate mammal (Equus caballus, family Equidae, the horse family) domesticated ...