horse

horse

large, four-legged animal: She rode the horse into the woods.

Not to be confused with:

hoarse – harsh; grating; throaty; rough: His voice was hoarse from screaming at the game.

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horse

 (hôrs)

n.

1.

a. A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short 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 Przewalski's horse or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.

2. A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.

3. Sports A vaulting horse.

4. Slang Heroin.

5. often horses Horsepower: a muscle car with 400 horses under the hood.

6. Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.

7. 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.

v. horsed, hors·ing, hors·es

v.tr.

1. To provide with a horse.

2. 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).

v.intr.

To be in heat. Used of a mare.

adj.

1. Of or relating to a horse: a horse blanket.

2. Mounted on horses: horse guards.

3. Drawn or operated by a horse.

4. Larger or cruder than others in the same category: horse pills.

Phrasal Verb:

horse around Informal

To indulge in horseplay or frivolous activity: Stop horsing around and get to work.

Idioms:

a horse of another/a different color

Another matter entirely; something else.

beat/flog a dead horse

1. To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.

2. To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.

be/get on (one's) high horse

To be or become disdainful, superior, or conceited.

hold (one's) horses

To restrain oneself.

the horse's mouth

A source of information regarded as original or unimpeachable.

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[Middle English, from Old English hors; akin to Old Norse hross, horse, and German Ross, steed.]

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horse

(hɔːs)

n

1. (Animals) a domesticated perissodactyl mammal, Equus caballus, used for draught work and riding: family Equidae.

2. (Animals) the adult male of this species; stallion

3. (Animals) wild horse

a. a horse (Equus caballus) that has become feral

b. another name for Przewalski's horse

4. (Animals)

a. any other member of the family Equidae, such as the zebra or ass

b. (as modifier): the horse family.

5. (Military) (functioning as plural) horsemen, esp cavalry: a regiment of horse.

6. (Gymnastics) gymnastics Also called: buck a padded apparatus on legs, used for vaulting, etc

7. (Building) a narrow board supported by a pair of legs at each end, used as a frame for sawing or as a trestle, barrier, etc

8. a contrivance on which a person may ride and exercise

9. (Pharmacology) a slang word for heroin

10. (Mining & Quarrying) mining a mass of rock within a vein of ore

11. (Nautical Terms) nautical a rod, rope, or cable, fixed at the ends, along which something may slide by means of a thimble, shackle, or other fitting; traveller

12. (Chess & Draughts) chess an informal name for knight

13. (Units) informal short for horsepower

14. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (modifier) drawn by a horse or horses: a horse cart.

15. a horse of another colour a horse of a different colour a completely different topic, argument, etc

16. be on one's high horse get on one's high horse informal to be disdainfully aloof

17. flog a dead horse See flog⁶

18. hold one's horses to hold back; restrain oneself

19. horses for courses a policy, course of action, etc modified slightly to take account of specific circumstances without departing in essentials from the original

20. the horse's mouth the most reliable source

21. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to horse! an order to mount horses

vb

22. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to provide with a horse or horses

23. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to put or be put on horseback

24. (tr) to move (something heavy) into position by sheer physical strength

[Old English hors; related to Old Frisian hors, Old High German hros, Old Norse hross]

ˈhorseless adj

ˈhorseˌlike adj

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horse

(hɔrs)

n., pl. hors•es, (esp. collectively) horse, n.

1. a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous mammal, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in numerous varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads and for riding.

2. a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion.

3. something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse.

4. Also called trestle. a frame or block, with legs, on which something is mounted or supported.

5.

a. vaulting horse.

b. pommel horse.

6. soldiers serving on horseback; cavalry: a thousand horse.

7. Usu., horses. Informal. horsepower.

8. Informal. a knight in chess.

9. Slang. an illicit aid to schoolwork, esp. a literal translation of a foreign-language text; pony; crib.

10. a mass of rock enclosed within a lode or vein of ore.

11. Slang. heroin.

v.t.

12. to provide with a horse or horses.

13. to set on horseback.

14. to move with great physical effort or force.

15. Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged.

v.i.

16. to mount or go on a horse.

17. (of a mare) to be in heat.

18. horse around, Informal. to fool around; indulge in horseplay.

adj.

19. of or for a horse or horses.

20. drawn or powered by a horse or horses.

21. mounted or serving on horses: horse troops.

22. unusually large.

Idioms:

1. from the horse's mouth, from the original or a trustworthy source.

2. hold one's horses, Informal. to be patient.

3. look a gift horse in the mouth, to be critical of a gift.

[before 900; Middle English, Old English hors, c. Old Saxon hros, hers, Old High German (h)ros, Old Norse hross]

horse′less, adj.

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horse

(hôrs)

1. A large hoofed mammal having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail. Horses have been domesticated for riding and for drawing or carrying loads since ancient times. Because they have a single broad hoof on each foot, horses run not on entire feet but on single toes.

2. Any living or extinct equine mammal.

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horse

Past participle: horsed
Gerund: horsing

Imperative

horse

horse

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times Equus caballus encolure - the mane of a horse horseback - the back of a horse horse's foot - the hoof of a horse Equus, genus Equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae equid, equine - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck roan - a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray stable companion, stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person gee-gee - a word for horse used by children or in adult slang dawn horse, eohippus - earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal mesohippus - North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses protohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size foal - a young horse male horse - the male of species Equus caballus female horse, mare - female equine animal mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only pony - a range horse of the western United States polo pony - a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo wild horse - undomesticated or feral domestic horse hack - a horse kept for hire nag, jade, hack, plug - an old or over-worked horse pony - any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder bangtail, race horse, racehorse - a horse bred for racing steeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechases stalking-horse - a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game harness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles workhorse - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor post horse, post-horse, poster - a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers pacer - a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together high stepper, stepper - a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting chestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse liver chestnut - a solid dark brown horse bay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color palomino - a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail pinto - a spotted or calico horse or pony withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle poll - the part of the head between the ears horseflesh, horsemeat - the flesh of horses as food
	2.	horse - a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs gymnastic horse exerciser, gymnastic apparatus - sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises pommel horse, side horse - a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end buck, long horse, vaulting horse - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
	3.	horse - troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack" cavalry, horse cavalry armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" military personnel, soldiery, troops - soldiers collectively cavalryman, trooper - a soldier in a motorized army unit
	4.	horse - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed sawbuck, sawhorse, buck framework - a structure supporting or containing something trestle - sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
	5.	horse - a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) knight chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Verb	1.	horse - provide with a horse or horses cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" remount - provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment"

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horse

noun nag, mount, mare, colt, filly, stallion, gelding, jade, pony, yearling, steed (archaic or literary), dobbin, moke (Austral. slang), hobby (archaic or dialect), yarraman (Austral.), gee-gee (slang), cuddy or cuddie (dialect, chiefly Scot.), studhorse or stud A small man on a grey horse had appeared.

horse around or about (Informal) play around or about, fool about or around, clown, misbehave, play the fool, roughhouse (slang), play the goat, monkey about or around, indulge in horseplay, lark about or around Later that day I was horsing around with Katie.

Related words
adjectives equestrian, equine, horsey
noun equitation
male stallion
female mare
young foal, colt, filly
like hippomania
fear hippophobia

see equestrianism

Quotations
"A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" [William Shakespeare Richard III]
"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle" [Ian Fleming]

Proverbs
"Don't change horses in midstream"
"You can take a horse to water but you cannot make him drink"
"A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse"
"Nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse"

Horses

Breeds of horse  Akhal-Teke, American Quarter horse, American Saddle horse, Andalusian, Anglo-Arab, Anglo-Norman, Appaloosa, Arab, Ardennes, Balearic, Barb, Basuto, Batak or Deli, boerperd, Beetewk, Brabançon, Breton, Burmese or Shan, Cleveland Bay, Clydesdale, Connemara, Criollo, Dales pony, Danish, Dartmoor pony, Don, Dutch Draught, Esthonian, Smudish, or Zmudzin, Exmoor, Fell pony, Finnish horse, Fjord pony, Flemish, Friesian, Gelderland, Gidran, Groningen, Gudbrandsdal, Hackney, Hafflinger, Hambletonian, Hanoverian, Highland pony, Holstein, Huçul, Iceland pony, Iomud, Jutland, Kabarda, Karabair, Karabakh, Karadagh, Kathiawari, Kladruber, Klepper, Knabstrup, Konik, Kurdistan pony, Limousin, Lipizzaner or Lippizaner, Lokai, Manipur, Marwari, Mecklenburg, Mongolian, Morgan, mustang or bronco, New Forest pony, Nonius, North Swedish horse, Oldenburg, Orlov Trotter, Palomino, Percheron, Persian Arab, Pinto, Pinzgauer, Polish Arab, Polish Half-bred, Polish Thoroughbred, Quarter horse, racehorse, Rhenish, Russian saddle horse or Orlov Rostopchin, Schleswig, Shagya, Shetland pony, Shirazi or Gulf Arab, Shire horse, Spanish Jennet or Genet, Spiti, Standard Bred, Strelet, Suffolk or Suffolk Punch, Swedish Ardennes, Tarbenian, Tarpan, Tennessee Walking Horse or Walking Horse, Thoroughbred, Timor pony, Trakehner, Turk or Turkoman, Viatka, Waler, Welsh Cob, Welsh Mountain pony, Welsh pony, Yamoote, Yorkshire Coach horse, Zeeland horse, Zemaitukas

Types of horse  carthorse, cavalry horse, cayuse (Western U.S. & Canad.), charger, cob, courser (literary), cow pony, crock, destrier (archaic), drayhorse, hack, high-stepper, hunter, liberty horse, nag, night horse (Austral.), packhorse, palfrey (archaic), pacer, packhorse, plug (chiefly U.S.), polo pony, pony, racehorse or (Austral. informal) neddy, rip (informal, archaic), running mate, saddle horse or saddler, screw (slang), show jumper, stalking-horse, stockhorse, sumpter (archaic), trooper, warhorse, weed, workhorse

Wild horses  brumby (Austral.), buckjumper (Austral.), mustang, Przewalski's horse or wild horse, quagga, tarpan, warrigal (Austral.), zebra

Extinct horses  hyracotherium or eohippus, merychippus, miohippus, pliohippus, quagga, tarpan

Legendary/fictional/historical horses  Bayard, Black Beauty, Black Bess, Boxer, Bucephalus, Champion, El Fideldo, Flicka, Hercules, Incitatus, Mister Ed, Pegasus, Rosinante, Silver, Sleipnir, Traveler, Trigger

Horse colours  albino, bay, black, blue roan, chestnut, claybank, cream, dapple, dapplegrey, dun, fleabitten, grey, mealy, palomino, piebald, pinto (U.S. & Canad.), roan, skewbald, sorrel, strawberry roan

Horse markings  blaze, coronet, snip, sock, star, stocking, stripe, white face

Horse gaits  amble, canter, extended trot, gallop, jog trot, lope, pace, prance, rising trot, single-foot or rack, sitting trot, trot, walk

Horse parts  back, bar, barrel, brisket, buttress, cannon bone, chestnut, chin groove, coffin bone, coronet band, counter, coupling, croup or croupe, diagonal, dock, ergot, fetlock joint, flank, forearm, forehand, foreleg, forelock, forequarters, frog, gambrel, gaskin or second thigh, hamstring, haunch, haw, heel, hock, hoof, loins, mane, muzzle, near-fore, near-hind, neck, off-fore, off-hind, pastern, poll, quarter, saddle, shannon or shank, sheath, sole, splint bone, stifle joint, tail, toe, tusk, wall, white line, withers

People associated with horses  broncobuster, buster (U.S. & Canad.), caballero (Southwestern U.S.), cavalier, cavalry, chevalier (French history), coachman, coper, cowboy, currier, equerry, equestrian or (fem.) equestrienne, equites (Roman history), farrier, groom, horseman or (fem.) horsewoman, horse whisperer, hussar, jockey, Jockey Club, knacker, knight, lad (Brit.), ostler, picador, postilion, postrider, rider, roughrider, rustler (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), saddler, stable lad, trainer, wrangler (Western U.S. & Canad.)

Tack and equipment and their parts  anti-sweat rug, bar, bard or barde, bearing rein or (U.S.) check rein, bit, blinkers, body brush, boot, breastplate, breeching, bridle, bridoon, browband, cantle, cavesson, chamfron, cheek-piece, crownpiece, crupper, curb or curb bit, curb chain, curb reins, curry comb, dandy brush, day rug, double bridle, double-jointed snaffle, flap, front arch, fulmer snaffle, gag-bit, gambado, girth or (U.S. & Canad.) cinch, girth strap, hackamore plate, halter, harness, headpiece, hockboot, hoof pick, horseshoe, jointed egg-butt snaffle, kimblewick, kneecap, lip strap, mane comb, martingale, New Zealand rug, night rug, nosebag, noseband or nosepiece, overcheck, pad saddle or numnah, pelham, plain snaffle, plate, pommel, rein, roller, saddle, saddlebag, saddlecloth, saddlery, sidesaddle, skirt, sliphead, snaffle or snaffle bit, split-eared bridle, spur, stable rubber, stirrup, stirrup bar, stirrup iron, stirrup leather, summer sheet, surcingle, sweat scraper, swingletree, whippletree, or (U.S.) whiffletree, tack, tail bandage, tail comb, tailguard, throatlash or throatlatch, trace, trammel, trappings, twisted snaffle, twitch, underblanket, water brush, Weymouth curb bit, wisp

Horses, rhinos and other perissodactyls  ass, chigetai or dziggetai, donkey, elephant, horse

see breeds of horse keitloa, kiang, kulan, mule, onager, rhinoceros, tapir, white elephant, zebra

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Translations

حِصَانٌحِصان خَشَبي للقَفْزفَرَس، حِصان

кон

cavall

kůň

hest

PferdShire HorseBock

άλογοάππαροςίππος

ĉevalo

caballopotroyegua

hobune

hevonenhevoseläinpollehepo

chevalcheval d'arçons

סוס

अश्व

konj

ló

kuda

hestur

cavalloda fonti bene informateinteressato ai cavallioutsidera cavallo

馬うま

말

arklysašutaibimbalasgardas arkliams vežtijojikas

zirgs

കുതിര

paardbok

hesthingstspringergamp

końklacz

cavaloégua

cabalincalcaprăcavaler

лошадьконьГераковочный

kôň

konj

коњ

hästbock

farasi

ม้า

atatlama beygiribeygireroinkasa

кінь

con ngựamãngựa

马木马

horse

[hɔːs]

A. N

1. (Zool) → caballo m
dark horse → incógnita f
it's a case of horses for courses (Brit) → en cada caso es distinto, a cada cual lo suyo
to change horses in midstream → cambiar de política (or personal ) a mitad de camino
a horse of a different colour → harina f de otro costal
to eat like a horse → comer como una vaca
to flog a dead horse → machacar en hierro frío
to get on one's high horse → ponerse a pontificar
don't look a gift horse in the mouth → a caballo regalado, no le mires el diente
hold your horses! → ¡para el carro!, ¡despacito!
to be straight from the horse's mouth → ser de buena tinta

2. (in gymnastics) → potro m

3. (carpenter's) → caballete m

4. (= cavalry) → caballería f

5. (= heroin) → caballo m, heroína f

B. CPD horse artillery N → artillería f montada
horse brass N → jaez m
horse breaker N → domador(a) m/f de caballos
horse breeder N → criador(a) m/f de caballos
horse chestnut N (Bot) (= tree) → castaño m de Indias; (= fruit) → castaña f de Indias
horse collar N → collera f
horse dealer N → chalán m
horse doctor N → veterinario/a m/f
Horse Guards NPL (Brit) → Guardia fsing Montada
horse laugh N → risotada f, carcajada f
horse mackerel N → jurel m
horse manure N → abono m de caballo
horse meat N (Culin) → carne f de caballo
horse opera N (US) → película f del Oeste
horse race N → carrera f de caballos
horse racing N (gen) → carreras fpl de caballos; (as sport) → hípica f
horse riding N (Brit) → equitación f
horse sense N → sentido m común
horse show N → concurso m hípico
horse trader N (Pol) → chalán/ana m/f
horse trading N (Pol) → toma y daca m, chalaneo m
horse trailer N (US) → remolque m para caballerías
horse trials NPL → concurso m hípico

horse about horse around VI + ADV → hacer el tonto

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horse

[ˈhɔː^rs] n → cheval m
to hear sth from the horse's mouth (= from a reliable source) → savoir qch de source sûre

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horse

n

→ Pferd nt, → Ross nt (liter, pej); he lost a lot of money on the horses (betting) → er hat beim Pferderennen or bei der Pferdewette viel Geld verloren

(fig usages) wild horses would not drag me there → keine zehn Pferde würden mich dahin bringen; to eat like a horse → wie ein Scheunendrescher m → essen or fressen (inf); I could eat a horse → ich könnte ein ganzes Pferd essen; to work like a horse → wie ein Pferd arbeiten; information straight from the horse’s mouth → Informationen pl → aus erster Hand; to back the wrong horse → aufs falsche Pferd setzen; to change or switch horses in midstream → mitten im Strom die Pferde wechseln; it’s a case of horses for courses (Brit) → man muss den Richtigen/die Richtige/das Richtige dafür finden

(Gymnastics) → Pferd nt; (= sawhorse) → Sägebock m

(Mil) collective sing → Reiterei f, → Kavallerie f; light horse → leichte Kavallerie; a thousand horse → tausend Reiter or Berittene

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horse

:

horse-and-buggy

adj (US) approach, system → vorsintflutlich (inf)

horse artillery

n → berittene Artillerie

horseback

adv to ride horse → (zu Pferd) reiten

n on horse → zu Pferd; to travel by or on horse → zu Pferd reisen; to go/set off on horse → (zu Pferd) reiten/wegreiten; policemen on horse → berittene Polizisten

horsebean

n → Saubohne f

horsebox

n (= van) → Pferdetransporter m; (= trailer) → Pferdetransportwagen m; (in stable) → Box f

horse brass

n → Zaumzeugbeschlag m

horse breeder

n → Pferdezüchter(in) m(f)

horse chestnut

n (= tree, fruit) → Rosskastanie f

horse doctor

n (inf) → Viehdoktor(in) m(f) (inf)

horse-drawn

adj → von Pferden gezogen; hearse, milk cart → pferdebespannt attr; horse cart → Pferdewagen m; horse carriage → Kutsche f

horseflesh

n (= meat of horse) → Pferdefleisch nt; (= horses collectively) → Pferde pl; a good judge of horse → ein guter Pferdekenner

horsefly

n → (Pferde)bremse f

Horse Guards

pl → berittene Garde, Gardekavallerie f

horsehair

n → Rosshaar nt

adj attr → Rosshaar-; horse mattress → Rosshaarmatratze f

horse latitudes

pl → Rossbreiten pl

horse laugh

n → wieherndes Lachen or Gelächter

horseless

adj → ohne Pferd; horse carriage (old: = motorcar) → selbstfahrender Wagen

horseman

n → Reiter m

horsemanship

n → Reitkunst f

horse meat

n → Pferdefleisch nt

horse opera

n (hum inf: Film) → Western m

horseplay

n → Alberei f, → Balgerei f

horse pond

n → Pferdeschwemme f

horsepower

n → Pferdestärke f; a 200 horse car/engine → ein Auto/Motor mit 200 PS or Pferdestärken

horse race

n → Pferderennen nt

horse racing

n → Pferderennsport m; (= races) → Pferderennen pl

horseradish

n → Meerrettich m

horse-riding

n → Reiten nt

horse sense

n → gesunder Menschenverstand

horseshit

n (fig sl: = nonsense) → Scheiß m (inf)

horseshoe

n → Hufeisen nt

attr → hufeisenförmig, Hufeisen-; horse shape → Hufeisenform f; horse throwing → Hufeisenwerfen nt

horse show

n → Pferdeschau f

horse trading

n (fig) → Kuhhandel m

horsewhip

n → Reitpeitsche f

vt → auspeitschen

horsewoman

n → Reiterin f

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horse

[hɔːs]

1. n → cavallo
it's straight from the horse's mouth (fam) → è di fonte sicura
never look a gift horse in the mouth (Proverb) → a caval donato non si guarda in bocca

horse about horse around vi + adv (fam) → fare lo/la sciocco/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

horse

(hoːs) noun

1. a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc. perd فَرَس، حِصان кон cavalo kůň das Pferd hest άλογοcaballo hobune اسب hevonen chevalסוס घोड़ा konj ló kuda hestur cavallo 馬 말 arklys zirgs kuda paardhest, gamp, hingstkoń آس cavalo cal лошадь kôň konj konj häst ม้า at 馬 кінь, коняка گھوڑا con ngựa 马

2. a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium. perd حِصان خَشَبي للقَفْز кон cavalo kůň der Bock hest εφαλτήριο potro hobune خرك pukki cheval d'arçons סוּס קְפִיצוֹת एक उपकरण kozlic, konj (sprava) ló (tornaszer) kuda-kuda hestur cavallo 跳馬 사람이 걸터타는 것(목마 등) arklys (vingrošanas rīks) zirgs kekuda paardhest koń z łękami خرک cavalo-de-arção capră pentru sări­turi конь kôň konj konjić häst ม้าขวาง atlama beygiri, kulpsuz beygir (體操跳馬用的)鞍馬 кінь پھلانگنے کے لۓ کھڑی کی گئي رکاوٹ ngựa gỗ (trong thể thao) 木马

ˈhorse-box noun

an enclosed vehicle etc used for carrying horses. perdesleepwa صُنْدوق للخَيْل конски вагон vagão para transporte de cavalo vůz pro dopravu koní der Pferdewagen hestetransport όχημα για μεταφορά αλόγων remolque para caballerías hobusevagun محفظه اي كه در آن اسب را حمل مي كنند hevosvaunu fourgon à chevaux עֲגָלָה לְהַעֲבַרַת סוִּסים घोड़े को एक जगह से दूसरी जगह ले जाने का डिब्बा kola (furgon) za transport trkacih konja lószállító kocsi kotak kuda hestflutningavagn (vagone/carro per trasportare cavalli) 馬の輸送車 말 운반용 화차 gardas arkliams vežti treilers zirgiem kereta pengangkut kuda paardentrailer hestetilhenger wóz do przewożenia koni هغه محفظه چی په هغه کی آسونه انتقالوی atrelado para cavalo remorcă pentru trans­por­tul cailor фургон для перевозки лошадей dopravný prostriedok na prepravu koní voz za prevoz konj kočija hästtransportvagn รถบรรทุกม้า at nakil aracı 運馬的棚車 вагон, трейлер для коней گھوڑوں کو حمل کرنے کے لۓ ایک بند گاڑی xe chở ngựa 运马的有篷货车

ˈhorsefly noun

a large fly that bites horses etc. blindevlieg نُعْرَه، ذُبابَة دواب конска муха mosca de gado ovád die Bremse hestemyg αλογόμυγα tábano parm خرمگس paarma taon זְבוּב הַסוּסִים घुड़मक्खी obad bögöly kerbau kleggi tafano, mosca cavallina あぶ 말파리 bimbalas aklais dundurs lalat pikat daas, paardenvliegklegg giez koński یو ډول مچ چی آسونه چیچی mosca de gado tăun слепень ovad obad konjska mušica broms, hästfluga แมลงตัวใหญ่ที่คอยกัดม้า at sineği 馬蠅 овід, ґедзь گھڑ مکھی con mòng 马蝇

ˈhorsehair noun, adjective

(of) the hair from a horse's mane or tail. The mattress is stuffed with horsehair; a horsehair mattress. perdehaar شَعْرَه، عُرْف конски косъм crina de cavalo žíně(ný) das Roßhaar hestehår; hestehårs- αλογότριχα crin jõhv موي دم و يال اسب jouhi crin שְׂעַר סוּס घोड़ के बाल konjska struna; koji je od konjske strune lószőr bulu kuda hrosshár crine di cavallo 馬の毛 말총 ašutai (zirgu) astri; sari bulu kuda paardenhaarhestehår, man włosie (końskie) د آس د لکی ويښته crina de cavalo păr de cal конский волос vlásie; z vlásia žima konjska dlaka [häst]tagel ขนม้า at kılı 馬鬃, 馬尾 кінський волос گھوڑے کی ایال یا دم کے بال bờm ngựa 马毛

ˈhorseman – feminine ˈhorsewoman – noun

a rider, especially a skilled one. She is a very competent horsewoman. ruiter فارِس، خَيّال конник cavaleiro jezdec, -kyně der/die Reiter(in) rytter καβαλάρης, καβαλάρισσα jinete, caballista ratsanik سوارکار ratsastaja cavalier/-ière פרש, סיס घुड़सवार, घुड़ सवारी करने वाली औरत dobar jahac (ica) lovas penunggang kuda reiðmaður cavaliere, cavallerizzo 騎手 기수, 승마의 명수 jojikas jātnieks penunggang kuda ruiterrytterjeździec آس باندی سوارلی کوونکی cavaleiro călăreţ наездник jazdec, -kyňa jezdec jahač hästkarl, hästkvinna, ryttare คนขี่ม้า süvari, binici 騎手(師) вершник; наїзник گھڑسوار kỵ sĩ 骑手

ˈhorsemanship noun

rykuns, ruiterkuns فُروسِيَّه، فن ركوب الخَيْل езда arte de cavalgar jezdectví die Reitkunst ridefærdighed ιππική equitación ratsutamisoskus سوارکاری ratsastustaito équitation פָּרָשוּת, סַיָסוּת घुड़ सवारी की कला vještina jahanja lovaglóművészet, lovagolni tudás, lovastudás kemahiran menunggang kuda hestamennska equitazione 馬術 마술 jojimas, jojimo menas jāšanas māksla kemahiran menunggang kuda ruiterschap ridekunst/-ferdighet jazda konna, jeździectwo سوارلی کول arte de cavalgar искусство верховой езды jazdectvo jahanje jahači ridkonst ศิลปะในการขี่ม้า süvarilik, binicilik 馬術 мистецтво верхової їзди گھڑ سواری thuật cưỡi ngựa 马术

ˈhorseplay noun

rough and noisy behaviour or play. ruwe spel, stoeiery مِزاح سَمِج лудория brincadeira hrubé chování; drsné žerty grober Unfug larmende adfærd ψευτοτσακωμός payasada, juego bruto labane naljatlemine شوخی خرکی hevosenleikki jeu brutal מִשְחַק גָס וְרוֹעֵש धमाचौकडी naganjanje, grube šale durva tréfa main kayu ólæti, gauragangur (gioco rumoroso); (scherzo rozzo) 悪ふざけ 야단법석 kvailiojimas, siutimas rupja izprieca gurauan kasar wild spel støyende oppførsel grubiańskie żarty/wybryki غالمغالی لوبه د آسونو په واسطه brincadeira joc brutal шумная возня hrubé žarty/správanie surova igra grubo i glasno ponašanje skoj, galenskaper, spex ความเหลาะแหละ eşek şakası 胡鬧，喧嘩大鬧 груба розвага ہنگامہ خیز، ہلڑ بازی đùa ầm ĩ, thô lỗ 胡闹

ˈhorsepower (usually abbreviated to h.p.when written) noun

a standard unit used to measure the power of engines, cars etc. perdekrag قُدْرَة حِصانيَّه: وحدة لِقِياس قُوَّة المُحَرِّك конска сила cavalo-vapor koňská síla die Pferdestärke (P.S.) hestekraft ιπποδύναμη caballo de vapor hobujõud نيروي اسب بخار hevosvoima cheval-vapeur כּוֹח סוּס अश्वशक्ति konjska sila lóerő, LE daya kuda hestafl cavallo-vapore 馬力 마력 arklio jėga zirgspēks kuasa kuda paardenkrachthestekrefter koń mechaniczny د آس قوت cavalo-vapor cal-putere лошадиная сила konská sila konjska sila konjska snaga hästkraft[er] แรงม้า beygir gücü 馬力 кінська сила طاقت کی ایک برطانوی اکائی mã lực 马力

horseshoe (ˈhoːʃʃuː) noun

1. a curved iron shoe for a horse. perdeskoen حَدْوَه، نَعْل الفَرَس подкова ferradura podkova das Hufeisen hestesko πέταλοherradura hobuseraud نعل hevosenkenkä fer à chevalפרסה घोडे़ की नाल potkova patkó ladam skeifa ferro di cavallo 蹄鉄 편자 pasaga pakavs ladam hoefijzer hesteskopodkowa نعل ferradura potcoavă подкова podkova podkev potkovica hästsko เกือกม้า nal 馬蹄鐵 підкова گھوڑے کی نعل móng ngựa 马蹄铁

2. something in the shape of a horseshoe. The bride was presented with a lucky silver horseshoe. hoefyster أي شَيء على شَكْل حدوة الفرس подкова ferradura podkova etwas Hufeisenförmiges -hestesko πέταλο, κτ. που έχει το σχήμα πέταλου herradura hobuseraud هر چیز نعل مانند hevosenkenkä fer à cheval צורַת פַּרסָה घोडे़ की नाल जैसी कोई चीज stvar u obliku potkove patkó ladam skeifa, skeifulaga hlutur ferro di cavallo 蹄鉄形のもの 편자 모양의 것 pasaga pakavs berbentuk ladam hoefijzer hesteskopodkowa هر شی چی نعل ډوله وی ferradura potcoavă подкова podkova podkev potkovica i hästskoform เกือกม้า nal 馬蹄形的東西 підкова گھڑ نلی کی شکل کی شے vật có hình móng ngựa 马蹄形的东西

on horseback

riding on a horse. The soldiers rode through the town on horseback. te perd راكبٌ على ظَهْر الجَواد на кон a cavalo na koni zu Pferde på hesteryg καβάλα, έφιππος a caballo ratsa سوار بر اسب ratsailla à cheval לִרכַּב עַל סוּס घोड़े की पीठ पर सवारी jahati lóháton naik kuda ríðandi a (dorso di) cavallo 馬に乗って 말 타고 raitas jāšus menunggang kuda te paard til hest, ridendekonno په آس باندی سوار a cavalo călare верхом na koni na konju na konju till häst, på hästryggen, ridande ขี่ม้า at sırtında 騎著馬 верхи گھوڑے پر سوار cưỡi ngựa 骑着马

(straight) from the horse's mouth

from a well-informed and reliable source. I got that story straight from the horse's mouth. uit die eerste hand من المَصْدَر الأصْلي от източника de fonte segura z bezpečného zdroje aus erster Quelle fra velinformeret kilde; fra vedkommende selv από πρώτο χέρι, από αξιόπιστη πηγή de una fuente fiable/segura usaldusväärsest allikast از منبع موثق varmasta lähteestä de source sûre מִמָקוֹר מוּסמָך भरोसेमंद सूत्र से iz prve ruke első kézből dari sumber terpercaya frá fyrstu hendi da fonte sicura 確かな筋から 믿을 수 있는 정보통으로부터 iš pirmųjų lūpų no pirmavota sumber yang boleh dipercayai uit eerste hand hebben fra første hånd/beste kilde z pierwszej ręki له یوی موثقی سرچینی څخه de fonte segura din sursă directă (непосредственно) из первоисточника zo spoľahlivého zdroja iz prve roke iz prve ruke från en säker källa จากแหล่งข้อมูลที่เชื่อถือได้ yetkili ağızdan, güvenilir kaynaktan 來自可靠的消息來源 з перших рук معتبر ذرائع سے theo nguồn tin đáng tin cậy 直接得来的，（消息）直接来自有关人士的

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horse

→ حِصَانٌ kůň hest Pferd άλογο caballo hevonen cheval konj cavallo 馬 말 paard hest koń cavalo лошадь häst ม้า at con ngựa 马

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• Can we go horseback riding? (US)
  Can we go horse riding? (UK) → هَلْ يُـمْكِنُنَا الْـخُرُوجُ لِرُكُوبِ الـخَيْلِ؟ → Můžeme si zajezdit na koni? → Kan vi ride her? → Können wir reiten gehen? → Μπορούμε να κάνουμε ιππασία; → ¿Podemos ir a montar a caballo? → Voimmeko ratsastaa? → On peut faire de l'équitation ? → Možemo li ići jahati? → Possiamo andare a cavallo? → 乗馬に行けますか？ → 말을 탈 수 있나요? → Kunnen we gaan paardrijden? → Kan vi ri? → Czy można tu jeździć konno? → Nós podemos andar a cavalo? → Мы можем покататься верхом? → Kan man rida? → เราไปขี่ม้าได้ไหม? → Ata binebilir miyiz? → Chúng tôi có đi cưỡi ngựa được không? → 我们可以去骑马吗？
• I'd like to see a horse race → أَوَدُّ أَنْ أُشَاهِدَ سِبَاقَ خَيْلٍ؟ → Chtěl bych se jít podívat na koňské dostihy → Jeg vil gerne se et hestevæddeløb → Ich möchte gern ein Pferderennen sehen → Θα ήθελα να δω μια ιπποδρομία → Quisiera ver una carrera de caballos → Haluaisin nähdä ravikilpailun → J'aimerais voir une course de chevaux → Želim gledati konjske trke → Vorrei assistere ad una corsa di cavalli → 私は競馬を観戦したいのですが → 경마를 보고 싶어요 → Ik wil graag een paardenrace zien → Jeg vil gjerne se et hesteveddeløp → Chciałbymobejrzeć wyścigi konne → Eu queria ver uma corrida de cavalos → Мне бы хотелось посмотреть на конные скачки → Jag skulle vilja gå på hästkapplöpning → ฉันอยากดูแข่งม้า → At yarışı seyretmek istiyorum → Tôi muốn xem đua ngựa → 我想去看赛马
• Let's go horseback riding (US)
  Let's go horse riding (UK) → هَيَّا نَذْهَبْ لِرِكُوبِ الـخَيْلِ → Pojďme si zajezdit na koni → Lad os ride på heste → Lasst uns reiten gehen → Ας πάμε για ιππασία → Vayamos a montar a caballo → Mennään ratsastamaan → Si on faisait de l'équitation ! → Hajdemo jahati → Andiamo a cavallo → 乗馬に行きましょう → 말 타러 갑시다 → Laten we gaan paardrijden → Skal vi ri? → Chodźmy pojeździć konno → Vamos andar a cavalo → Давайте покатаемся верхом → Ska vi rida? → ไปขี่ม้ากันเถอะ → Ata binmeye gidelim → Chúng mình đi cưỡi ngựa đi → 我们去骑马吧

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