horse

n.

animal

1) to mount; ride; walk a horse; to lead a horse by the bridle

2) to curry; harness; hobble; saddle; shoe a horse

3) to break (in) a horse

4) to breed, raise horses

5) a cart (BE), draft (AE), dray; race; saddle; thoroughbred; wild horse; a workhorse (usu. fig.)

6) horses canter; gallop; neigh; snicker; trot; whinny

7) an unbroken horse bucks

8) a herd of (wild) horses; a pair; team of horses

9) a young horse is a foal

10) a female horse is a mare

11) a male horse is a stallion; a castrated male horse is a gelding

12) a young female horse is a filly

13) a young male horse is a colt

padded block

(gymnastics)

14) a pommel, side (AE); vaulting horse

misc.

15) to back the wrong horse ('to support the losing side'); to beat/flog a dead horse ('to discuss an issue that has already been settled'); from the horse's mouth ('from an original source'); to hold one's horses ('to behave more carefully'); a horse of a different color ('an entirely different matter'); on one's high horse ('behaving arrogantly'); to eat like a horse ('to eat a great deal'); to work like a horse ('to work very hard'); to play the horses ('to bet on horse races')