horse

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
2. (countable, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
3. (sometimes, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
4. (countable, informal, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
5. (countable, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
6. (countable, slang, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
7. (countable, historical, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
8. (countable, uncountable) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
9. (countable, uncountable) Equipment with legs.
10. (countable, uncountable) Equipment with legs.
11. (countable, uncountable) A type of equipment.
12. (countable, uncountable) A type of equipment.
13. (countable, uncountable) A type of equipment.
14. (countable, uncountable) A type of equipment.
15. (countable, uncountable) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
16. (US, countable, uncountable) 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 spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on WikipediaWikipedia).
17. (uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
18. (countable, slang, uncountable) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
19. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
20. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
21. (countable, slang, uncountable) A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.

Verb

1. (intransitive) Synonym of horse around.
2. (transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
3. (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
4. (obsolete) To get on horseback.
5. To sit astride of; to bestride.
6. To copulate with (a mare).
7. To take or carry on the back.
8. To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
9. (broadly) To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
10. (transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
11. (informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
12. (dated, transitive) To urge at work tyrannically.
13. (dated, intransitive) To charge for work before it is finished.
14. (dated, slang) To cheat at schoolwork by means of a translation or other illegitimate aid.

Sinonieme

steed

pony

mare

cavalry

mule

stallion

vaulting horse

colt

Equus caballus

sawhorse

mount

charger

buck

knight

horse cavalry

sawbuck

nag

gymnastic horse

foal

equine

horses

horsepower

roll

swell

unrefined

warrior

word

mounted troops

side horse

unmanageable horse

heroin

language

arme blanche

wild stallion

particularly of Vāyu

dark bay horse

horse back

fuzzy tail

Uma

sike

billy

billy goat

bullock

coarse

courser

crib

donkey

🫏

equestrian

gelding

he-goat

Vertalings

cheval

🐴

caballo

🐴

Pferd

🐴

cavallo

🐴

cavalo

🐴

paard

🐴

άλογο

at

🐴

equus

🐴

cavall

🐴

ίππος

caballus

حصان

🐴

beygir

🐴

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɔːs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: horse

Geërf van Old English: hors

Verwante met Noord-Fries: hors

Verwante met Fries: hoars

Verwante met Nederlands: ros

Verwante met Duits: Ross

Verwante met Deens: hors

Verwante met Sweeds: russ

Verwante met Yslands: hross

Geërf van Middle English: horsen

Geërf van Old English: horsian

In summary

From Middle English horse, hors, from Old English hors (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hors, *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of car and carrus. Cognate with North Frisian hors (“horse”), West Frisian hoars (“horse”), Dutch ros, hors (“horse”), German Ross (“horse”), Danish hors (“horse”), Swedish russ, hors (“horse”), Icelandic hross, hors (“horse”).

Sinne

Putting the cart before the horse .

Do not spur a free horse .

The following night , the boy appeared at the alchemist's tent with a horse .

The horse balked and threw the tall rider .

It's no use closing the stable door , after the horse has bolted .