horse

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , from , from. . Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) A hoofed mammal,, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
 * 2) Any member of the species, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct.
 * 3)  Any current or extinct animal of the family, including zebras and asses.
 * 4)  Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
 * 5) A component of certain games.
 * 6)  The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
 * 7)  A xiangqi piece that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
 * 8)  A large and sturdy person.
 * 9)  A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
 * 10) In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
 * 11) A frame with legs, used to support something.
 * 12) A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
 * 13) A breastband for a leadsman.
 * 14) An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
 * 15) A jackstay.
 * 16)  A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
 * 17)  An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see ).
 * 18)  The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
 * 19)  A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
 * 20)  A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
 * 21)  Horseplay; tomfoolery.
 * 22)  A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.
 * 1) A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
 * 2) A breastband for a leadsman.
 * 3) An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
 * 4) A jackstay.
 * 5)  A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
 * 6)  An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see ).
 * 7)  The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
 * 8)  A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
 * 9)  A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
 * 10)  Horseplay; tomfoolery.
 * 11)  A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.
 * 1)  A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
 * 2)  A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
 * 3)  Horseplay; tomfoolery.
 * 4)  A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.
 * 1)  A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.

Usage notes
The noun can be used attributively in compounds and phrases to add the sense of large and/or coarse.

Synonyms

 * , ,  , , , , ; see also Thesaurus:horse

Hyponyms




Etymology 2
From, from and , from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To play mischievous pranks on.
 * 2)  To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
 * 3)  To get on horseback.
 * 4) To sit astride of; to bestride.
 * 5)  To copulate with (a mare).
 * 6) To take or carry on the back.
 * 7) To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
 * 8)  To flog.
 * 9)  To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
 * 10)  To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
 * 11)  To urge at work tyrannically.
 * 12)  To charge for work before it is finished.
 * 1) To sit astride of; to bestride.
 * 2)  To copulate with (a mare).
 * 3) To take or carry on the back.
 * 4) To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
 * 5)  To flog.
 * 6)  To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
 * 7)  To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
 * 8)  To urge at work tyrannically.
 * 9)  To charge for work before it is finished.
 * 1)  To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
 * 2)  To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
 * 3)  To urge at work tyrannically.
 * 4)  To charge for work before it is finished.
 * 1)  To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
 * 2)  To urge at work tyrannically.
 * 3)  To charge for work before it is finished.
 * 1)  To urge at work tyrannically.
 * 2)  To charge for work before it is finished.
 * 1)  To charge for work before it is finished.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: atast, fíflast


 * Finnish: varustaa hevosella

Etymology 3

 * probably originally criminals' cant based on the initial letter of both words.

Noun

 * 1)  Heroin drug.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, cal alb,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,

Noun

 * 1) a mare
 * 2)  frivolous woman

Verb

 * 1)  to run around amongst the mares
 * 2)  to run around, chiefly drunkenly

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)   (heroin)