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horse

The correct spelling is horse.

How to pronounce horse

/hɔːs/
noun

IPA: /hɔːs/

Say it like: Hor-se

The correct spelling is horse. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. For example: "Alright, mate, got any horse?"

Usage Examples

Alright, mate, got any horse?

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
  2. 2.Equipment with legs.
  3. 3.Type of equipment.
  4. 4.A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
  5. 5.The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.

verb

  1. 1.To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
  2. 2.To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
  3. 3.To get on horseback.
  4. 4.To sit astride of; to bestride.
  5. 5.(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).

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