Meaning & Definition of Horse in English
English⟶
Horse
/hɔrs/
noun
1. Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
synonym:
- horse,
- Equus caballus
2. A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
synonym:
- horse,
- gymnastic horse
3. Troops trained to fight on horseback
- "500 horse led the attack"
synonym:
- cavalry,
- horse cavalry,
- horse
4. A framework for holding wood that is being sawed
synonym:
- sawhorse,
- horse,
- sawbuck,
- buck
5. A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse
- Can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
synonym:
- knight,
- horse
verb
1. Provide with a horse or horses
synonym:
- horse
Examples of using
This horse is on its last legs.
A good horse does not graze where it has trodden.
Get my horse ready at once!