English dictionary
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English noun: horse | |||
| 1. | horse (animal) solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times | ||
| Synonyms | Equus caballus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | equid, equine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bangtail, bay, chestnut, dawn horse, eohippus, female horse, gee-gee, hack, hack, harness horse, high stepper, jade, liver chestnut, male horse, mare, mesohippus, mount, nag, pacer, palomino, pinto, plug, polo pony, pony, pony, post horse, post-horse, poster, protohippus, race horse, racehorse, riding horse, roan, saddle horse, sorrel, stable companion, stablemate, stalking-horse, steeplechaser, stepper, wild horse, workhorse | ||
| Part holonym | encolure, gaskin, horse's foot, horseback, horseflesh, horsemeat, poll, withers | ||
| Member holonym | foal | ||
| Member meronym | Equus, genus Equus | ||
| 2. | horse (artifact) a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs | ||
| Synonyms | gymnastic horse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exerciser, gymnastic apparatus | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buck, long horse, pommel horse, side horse, vaulting horse | ||
| 3. | horse (group) troops trained to fight on horseback | ||
| Samples | 500 horse led the attack. | ||
| Synonyms | cavalry, horse cavalry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | military personnel, soldiery, troops | ||
| Member holonym | cavalryman, trooper | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 4. | horse (artifact) a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | ||
| Synonyms | buck, sawbuck, sawhorse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | framework | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | trestle | ||
| 5. | horse (artifact) a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) | ||
| Synonyms | knight | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chess piece, chessman | ||
| Domain category | chess, chess game | ||
English verb: horse | |||
| 1. | horse (consumption) provide with a horse or horses | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | remount | ||
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