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[hɔːs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a large plant-eating domesticated mammal with solid hoofs and a flowing mane and tail, used for riding, racing, and to carry and pull loads
- a frame or structure on which something is mounted or supported, especially a sawhorse
- a unit of horsepower
(e.g: a 63-horse engine)
- heroin
- an obstruction in a vein
Phrases:
- don't change horses in midstream
- flog a dead horse
- frighten the horses
- from the horse's mouth
- horses for courses
- to horse
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
Origin
:
Old English hors, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ros and German Ross
[hɔːs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- provide (a person or vehicle) with a horse or horses
(e.g: Leary and his men were horsed and equipped but the war ended before they could be sent to Cuba)
Phrases:
- don't change horses in midstream
- flog a dead horse
- frighten the horses
- from the horse's mouth
- horses for courses
- to horse
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
Origin
:
Old English hors, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ros and German Ross
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