noun
pl. hors′es or- 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.,
- sawhorse
- a clotheshorse
- a man regarded as resembling a horse, as in having great strength or endurance
- Informal, Chess a knight
- Informal pony (sense )
- Slang
- horsepower (sense )
- [pl.] horsepower (sense )
- heroin
- Gym. a padded block on legs, used for vaulting events
- [with pl. v.]Brit., Mil. mounted troops; cavalry
- Mining a mass of earth or rock inside a vein or coal seam
Origin of horse
Middle English hors from Old English hors, hros, akin to German ross (OHG hros), probably from Indo-European base an unverified form (s)ker-, to leap (or from uncertain or unknown; perhaps an unverified form ?ers-, to run from source Classical Latin cursus)transitive verb
horsed, hors′ing- to supply with a horse or horses; put on horseback
- Informal to shove; push
- of a horse or horses
- mounted on horses
- large, strong, or coarse of its kind: horse mackerel
back the wrong horse
- to bet on a horse that loses the race
- to choose or support the losing side
beat a dead horse
from the horse's mouth
hold one's horses
horse around
Slang- to engage in horseplay
- to spend time in pointless or trifling activity
horse of another color
on one's high horse
to horse!
