horse

The definition of a horse is a creature with hooves that belongs to the family Equidae.

(noun)

An example of horse is the talking horse, television character Mr. Ed.

Horse means relating to the hoofed creatures of the family Equidae.

(adjective)

An example of horse is a saddle for riding.

Horse is defined as to provide with or ride on a hoofed member of the family Equidae.

(verb)

An example of horse is to go to the stable and ride one of the animals.

See horse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. horses or horse

a domesticated or wild, perissodactylous mammal (Equus caballus), raised in many breeds, having a large body and head, four usually long, thin legs, and a long, flowing tail: horses have been ridden, used to pull loads, etc. since ancient times
the full-grown male of the horse; gelding or stallion
anything like a horse in that a person sits, rides, or is carried on it
a device, esp. a frame with legs, to support something; specif.,
1. sawhorse
2. a clotheshorse
a man regarded as resembling a horse, as in having great strength or endurance: sometimes used as a general term of address
Chess, Informal a knight
☆ Informal pony (sense )
Slang
1. horsepower (sense )
2. horsepower (sense )
3. ☆ heroin
Gym. a padded block on legs, used for vaulting events
Mil., Brit. mounted troops; cavalry
Mining a mass of earth or rock inside a vein or coal seam

Origin: ME hors < OE hors, hros, akin to Ger ross (OHG hros), prob. < IE base *(s)ker-, to leap (or < ? *ers-, to run > L cursus)

transitive verb horsed, horsing

intransitive verb

to mount or go on horseback

adjective

See horse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
b. An adult male horse; a stallion.
c. Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
Sports A vaulting horse.
Slang Heroin.
Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
Geology
a. A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
b. A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.

verb horsed horsed, hors·ing, hors·es

verb, transitive

To provide with a horse.
To haul or hoist energetically: “Things had changed little since the days of the pyramids, with building materials being horsed into place by muscle power” (Henry Allen).

verb, intransitive

To be in heat. Used of a mare.

adjective