 horse |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times | |
| Synonyms: | Equus_caballus | |
| Related terms: | equine saddle_horse mare pony wild_horse gee-gee high_stepper pinto pony protohippus mesohippus sorrel roan post_horse polo_pony hack eohippus hack chestnut racehorse steeplechaser stalking-horse harness_horse workhorse bay pacer stablemate liver_chestnut palomino Equus foal horseback horsemeat poll gaskin withers horse's_foot encolure | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (sport,games) a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs | |
| Related terms: | gymnastic_apparatus vaulting_horse pommel_horse | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (chess,games) a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) | |
| Synonyms: | knight | |
| Related terms: | chessman | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | |
| Synonyms: | sawhorse buck sawbuck | |
| Related terms: | framework trestle | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (military) troops trained to fight on horseback | |
| Synonyms: | cavalry horse_cavalry | |
| Examples: | : "500 horse led the attack" |
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| Related terms: | military_personnel cavalryman military | |
| 6. | [ verb ] provide with a horse or horses | |
| Related terms: | provide remount | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush | |
| Synonyms: | heroin diacetyl_morphine junk scag shit smack diacetylmorphine H | |
| Related terms: | hard_drug opiate big_h lugsail | |
| Similar spelling: |
horsey hoarse hours Horus horsy Horrocks Horkey horace |
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