colt
colt
Definition
colt (kōlt)
noun
- a young male horse, donkey, etc.; specif., a thoroughbred four years of age or under or a standardbred three years of age
- a young, inexperienced person
Etymology: ME & OE < ? IE *gel-d < base *gel-, to form a ball > claw
Colt
Definition
Colt (kōlt)
Colt, Samuel 1814-62; U.S. inventor of a type of revolver
colt
Synonyms
colt
Usage Examples
Possessives
- ass: He will ride into Jerusalem upon an ass's colt in mock triumph.
Converse of object
- untie: As they were untying it, some of the bystanders said to them, " What are you doing, untying the colt?
- bring: And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
- find: Verse 4: They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway.
- see: The vets attitude was that I shouldn't have let him see the colt!
- have: Of our own mares, Martine's Maid by Its Without Doubt had a very nice colt by Hot Rumor called Brendonhill Lancelot.
- tie: And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door out in the open street; and they untied it.
Adjective modifier
- three-year-old: Partnered by work rider Mick Denaro, the three-year-old colt worked with a galloping companion and pleased trainer Jeremy Noseda.
- chestnut: Otto is a chestnut roan colt who was born on the 15/05/06.
- old: Some boys brought in a mare, her nine week old foal and a 2 year old colt for treatment and assessment.
- young: Or did he take the mother along to reassure the young donkey colt?
- unbroken: Jesus was sitting upon an unbroken colt, which was covered with their own coats, and was led to Jerusalem.
- wild: First, I used my twenty-five pounds Post Office savings to buy a wild colt straight from Dartmoor.
Modifies a noun
- foal: Registered Welsh Section " D " colt foal for sale at weaning.
- section: They make no bones about the fact that they model their colts section on how we at Welwyn run ours.
- team: However, reputations hold no terrors for this very positive colts team.
- side: Bedford Town Cricket Club The club currently runs five colts sides from Under 11's to Under 17 year olds.
- rugby: Colts rugby ( Under 18 and Under 19 ) is the transition section to the full adult game.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near colt
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- colporteur
- colpitis
- -colous
- colour
- colostrum
- colostomy
- colossus
- Colossians
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