horse
horse Lexical Profile
horse Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large, solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal (Equus caballus) domesticated since antiquity and used worldwide as a draft animal, for racing, and for riding.
"The farmer saddled the brown horse before riding out into the pasture to check on the herd."
A frame or structure with legs, typically used to support wood or other materials being worked on.
"The carpenter rested the heavy oak planks across the wooden horse to saw them to the correct length."
A piece of gymnastic equipment with a padded, upholstered body on legs, used for vaulting.
"The gymnast sprinted down the runway and launched herself powerfully over the vaulting horse."
• verb
To engage in rough, boisterous, or frivolous play (usually followed by 'around').
"The teacher warned the students to stop horsing around in the science laboratory before someone got hurt."
To provide a person or group with a horse or horses.
"The cavalry regiment was fully horsed and prepared to deploy to the frontier."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'hors', stemming from Proto-Germanic '*hrussą', possibly deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root '*kers-' meaning 'to run'.
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