A horse is a large, four legged animal with hooves, a long nose and tail, and a mane of hair along its upper back. Part of learning how to ride a horse includes giving commands and using the reins to guide it.
A hoofed quadruped of the genus
Noun
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Noun
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
Noun
a chessman in the shape of a horse''s head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
Noun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Noun
troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"
Verb
provide with a horse or horses
n.
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the
domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia
at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each
jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The
mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse
differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the
tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or
chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed,
docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing,
carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
n.
The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female
or male; usually, a castrated male.
n.
Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
n.
A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
n.
A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
were made to ride for punishment.
n.
Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby.
n.
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.
n.
See Footrope, a.
a.
A breastband for a leadsman.
a.
An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
a.
A jackstay.
v. t.
To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or
as on, a horse.
v. t.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
v. t.
To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
v. t.
To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a
deer.
v. t.
To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse,
etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
v. i.
To get on horseback.
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The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot.4.
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A hoofed quadruped of the genus
To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.
To get on horseback.
Usage Examples
I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.
I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
Black beauty - he's a dark horse.
I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.
Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I'd rather have one horsepower - in a horse. That's macho. You go to pick up your date and you show up on a horse.
As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.
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Other Usage ExamplesDefoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.
A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.
Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.
Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
I ended the war a horse ahead.