horse

Noun

horse (plural horses)

1. A large hoofed animal (scientific name Equus caballus).

   A cowboy"s greatest friend is his horse.

2. (Zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.

   These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.

3. (uncountable) Cavalry soldiers.

   We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.

4. A piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top, used in gymnastics.

   She"s scored very highly with the parallel bars, let"s see how she does with the horse.

5. (chess; rare) A knight.

   Now just remind me how the horse moves again?

6. (slang) Heroin.

   Alright, mate, got any horse?

7. (slang; offensive) A Tongan.

Synonyms:

• (gynmastic equipment): pommel horse, vaulting horse
• (chesspiece): knight
• (heroin): H, smack
• (large hooved animal): stallion, horsie, nag

5 letters in word "horse": E H O R S.

Anagrams of horse:

• heros

• hoers

• hoser

• shoer

• shore

Words found within horse:

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• Definitions:
• solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs cavalry: troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack" sawhorse: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed knight: a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) provide with a horse or horses
• H.O.R.S.E. is a form of poker commonly played at the high stakes tables of casinos. It consists of rounds of play alternating between hold 'em (H), Omaha eight or better (O), razz (R), seven card stud (S) and seven card stud eight or better (E), in that order. ...
• The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...
• The Horse ( '''''' ) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
• Horse (or, Horse McDonald, born November 22 1958 in Newport on Tay, Fife) is a Scottish musician.
• A?va (a Sanskrit word for a horse) is one of the significant animals finding references in several Hindu scriptures. The corresponding Avestan term is aspa. The word is cognate to Latin equus, Germanic ehwaz, Latvian asva.
• The horse does not appear in early examples of heraldry, although the winged horse is seen as the badge of the Order of the Temple. A bay horse is known as a bayard, while the grey horse is a liard. When the horse id displayed caparisoned; when in the field, he is free.
• Attachment of sheets to deck of vessel ('Main-sheet horse).
• male horse 5 years old or older.
• Held in a vise, this straight or L-shaped holding devise accommodates heads. The length of a horse varies depending on the size or depth of the piece being fashioned.
• A Loa, possessing a person, is said sometimes to "dance in the head" of that person, but the more traditional expression is that the Loa "rides" the person's head. The person is thus regarded as the "horse" (in French, "cheval" of the Loa.)
• The stringer for the staircase usually notched.
• A term used in Yorkshire for the horse haulage contractors that towed the keels on the canals.
• Trojans ( or Trojan Horses) are programs which perform a useful function which have malicious code hidden in them.
• A Draught-horse, distinguished by having a collar and traces. The Badge of the Earl of Pembroke. Much used in armory.
• Raised track enabling pulley block carrying a sail control rope to travel athwartships over deck obstacles.
• Also sometimes called "junk", these are terms for heroin as is "China White" so named because it is strong and white in color.
• a sailor’s debt - see Poor Old Horse.
• Animal of the Chinese Zodiac (circle). The Horse shares its sex appeal, benevolence, and yearning for freedom with Sagittarius of the Western Zodiac.
• (1) A generic term for an equine; (2) An uncastrated male equine five years old, or older.
• a stallion, or uncasterated adult male horse over 4 years of age.
• barren rock interrupting a vein of ore.
• The horse is a powerful animal representing noble and forthright actions. If the dreamer is riding the horse, the dreamer is most probably in control of his or her life. The drives of power and sex can also come into play in this kind of dream.
• A support for one or more rolls of film used on a cutting table.
• Another term for the stringer or supporting member of the staircase.
• Formerly, the official gymnastics apparatus for vaulting for both men and women. It was long and narrow and women vaulted over it sideways and men vaulted over it the long way. It is no longer used for vaulting and has been replaced by the new vaulting apparatus – the vault table.
• in racing, a horse is narrowly defined as any male five years or older with genitalia intact
• An informal word for a knight.
• The appearance of a horse in a dream is generally thought to represent human dynamic energy, whether mental or physical, sexual or creative. A wounded or dying horse will therefore represent the weakening or fading of power in some way. ...
• A male horse, age four and up.
• The process of filing a horse's teeth in order to remove sharp edges or points; also, the instrument used to float a horse's teeth. Related terms (2): Float (Track) Savage

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