Collins English-English Dictionary

horse [hɔːs]

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

2. 2. n [gymnastics] buck a padded apparatus on legs, used for vaulting, etc

3. 3. n the adult male of this species; stallion

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

5. 5. n (as modifier)

   the horse family

6. 6. n [functioning as plural] horsemen, esp cavalry

   a regiment of horse

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

9. 9. n a slang word for heroin

10. 10. n [mining] a mass of rock within a vein of ore

11. 11. n [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. 12. n an informal name for knight

13. 13. n short for horsepower

14. 14. n [chess] [informal] [modifier] drawn by a horse or horses

    a horse cart

15. 15. n See flog

16. 16. vt. [tr] to provide with a horse or horses

17. 17. vt. to put or be put on horseback

18. 18. vt. [tr] to move (something heavy) into position by sheer physical strength

19. 19. vt. [Etymology] Old English hors; related to Old Frisian hors, Old High German hros, Old Norse hross