Horn Definition

hôrn
horned, horning, horns
noun
horns
A hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants.
Webster's New World

An antler.

Wiktionary
Anything that protrudes naturally from the head of an animal, as one of the tentacles of a snail, a tuft of feathers on certain birds, etc.
Webster's New World
A horn or antler figuratively attributed to a cuckold.
Webster's New World
The hard, smooth, keratinous substance that forms the horns, nails, beaks, hoofs, or shells of various animals.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
horned, horning
To join without being invited; intrude. Used with in.
American Heritage
To strike, butt, or gore with the horns.
Webster's New World
To furnish with horns.
Webster's New World
To cuckold.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Made of horn.
Horn-rimmed glasses.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America.
Sailing around the Horn was an arduous journey for sailing ships.
Wiktionary

The Horn of Africa, a peninsula of Africa which juts into the Arabian Sea.

Wiktionary

The states which occupy this peninsula: Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Somaliland.

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idiom
blow
  • To brag or boast about oneself.
American Heritage
draw
  • To restrain oneself; draw back.
  • To retreat from a previously taken position, view, or stance.
American Heritage
on the horns of a dilemma
  • Faced with two equally undesirable alternatives.
American Heritage
around the horn
  • (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
Webster's New World
blow one's own horn
  • to praise oneself; boast
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Horn

Noun

Singular:
horn
Plural:
horns

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Horn

Origin of Horn

  • From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną (compare West Frisian hoarn, Dutch hoorn, Low German Hoorn, horn, German Horn, Danish and Swedish horn, Gothic (haurn)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, (compare Breton kern (“horn”), Latin cornū, Ancient Greek κέρας (keras), Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script?] (surna, “horn”)[script?], Persian sur, Sanskrit शृङ्ग (ṡṛṅga, “horn”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English ker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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