horse

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horse

A child feeds a carrot to a horse in a sunny pasture.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A large, solid-hoofed mammal: A domesticated herbivorous quadruped (Equus caballus) used for riding, racing, and carrying loads.
    • A piece in chess: A chess piece shaped like a horse's head, moving in an L-shape (two squares in one direction and one square perpendicular).
    • A piece of gymnastic equipment: A padded apparatus with legs, used for vaulting exercises.
    • A supporting framework: A structure, often with legs, used for holding or drying things (e.g., clothes, wood).
    • Cavalry: Soldiers who fight on horseback; mounted troops.

  2. Verb:

    • To provide with a horse: To supply someone or something with a horse or horses.
    • To engage in playful, boisterous activity: To act in a silly, rowdy, or joking manner (often used with "around").
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The farmer uses a horse to plow the field.
    • She moved her knight, also called a horse, to attack the queen.
    • The gymnast practiced her vault over the horse.
    • He hung the wet towels on the clothes horse.
    • The general sent the horse to flank the enemy.

  • Verb:

    • The king will horse his knights before the battle.
    • The children were horsing around in the living room and knocked over a lamp.
Advanced Usage

  • "To horse" (archaic command): An order to mount horses.

    • "To horse!" the commander cried, and the cavalry mounted quickly.

  • "Horse of a different color": An entirely different matter or issue.

    • Promising to help is one thing, but paying for it is a horse of a different color.
Variants and Related Words
  • Horsy/Horse (adj): Of, resembling, or characteristic of a horse or horses.
    • She has a horsy face.
  • Horsepower (n): A unit of power (not a variant of "horse" itself, but derived from it).
  • Seahorse (n): A type of small marine fish (a distinct compound word).
Synonyms
  • Noun (animal): Steed, mount, equine.
  • Verb (fool around): Clown (around), roughhouse, play the fool.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Horse around: To engage in rough, noisy, or playful behavior.
    • The teacher told the students to stop horsing around in the hallway.
Related Idioms
  • Hold your horses: Be patient; wait a moment.
    • Hold your horses! Let me finish explaining before you leave.
  • Dark horse: A little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition.
    • The new candidate was a dark horse who surprisingly won the election.
  • Get on your high horse: To behave in a haughty, superior, or arrogant manner.
    • He got on his high horse about modern art, claiming he alone understood it.
  • Beat a dead horse: To waste effort on something that is already settled or cannot be changed.
    • Arguing about yesterday's decision is just beating a dead horse.
horse

A child feeds a carrot to a horse in a sunny pasture.

Verb
  1. provide with a horse or horses
Noun
  1. a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
  2. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
  3. troops trained to fight on horseback
    • 500 horse led the attack
  4. a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
  5. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

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