horse

noun
UK: /hɔːs/
US: /hɔːrs/

  1. A large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things.

    1. The horse is brown. [ ] [ ]
    2. She learned to ride a horse at a very young age on her family's farm. [ ] [ ]

  2. A frame with legs, used for supporting something.

    1. Put the wood on the horse. [ ] [ ]
    2. The carpenter used a sawhorse to cut the long planks of wood for the project. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

mount equine sawhorse framework nag
horse verb

  1. To provide with a horse or horses.

    1. They horse the supplies. [ ] [ ]
    2. During the war, the army had to horse all their ammunition and food to the front lines. [ ] [ ]

  2. To move or push something heavy into a particular place with great effort.

    1. We horse the table inside. [ ] [ ]
    2. The movers had to horse the grand piano up the narrow staircase to the apartment. [ ] [ ]
horse adjective

  1. Resembling or relating to a horse.

    1. That's a horse laugh. [ ] [ ]
    2. His jokes got a horse laugh, the kind you hear at bad comedy clubs. [ ] [ ]

  2. Very large.

    1. That's a horse dose. [ ] [ ]
    2. The doctor warned him not to take a horse dose of the medication as it could be dangerous. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "horse" in English means: A large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things., A frame with legs, used for supporting something..

The phonetic transcription of "horse" is /hɔːs/ in British English and /hɔːrs/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "horse": mount, equine, sawhorse, framework, nag.

Example usage of "horse": "The horse is brown.". More examples on the page.