horse

Significat

Noun

1. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
2. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
3. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
4. (informal) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
5. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
6. (slang) A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
7. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
8. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
9. Equipment with legs.
10. Equipment with legs.
11. Type of equipment.
12. Type of equipment.
13. Type of equipment.
14. Type of equipment.
15. 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. 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. The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
18. (slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
19. (slang) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
20. (slang) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
21. (slang) 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. Synonym of horse around
2. To play mischievous pranks on.
3. 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. To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
10. 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. To urge at work tyrannically.
13. To charge for work before it is finished.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/hɔːs/

Etimologia

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. 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”).

Sents

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

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