horse
Noun
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Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times (synset 102377103)
is a type of: equid, equine - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the necksubtypes:
- roan - a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
- stable companion, stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person
- gee-gee - a word for horse used by children or in adult slang
- dawn horse, eohippus - earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal
- mesohippus - North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses
- protohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
- male horse - the male of species Equus caballus
- female horse, mare - female equine animal
- mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- pony - a range horse of the western United States
- polo pony - a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo
- wild horse - undomesticated or feral domestic horse
- hack - a horse kept for hire
- hack, jade, nag, plug - an old or over-worked horse
- pony - any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
- bangtail, race horse, racehorse - a horse bred for racing
- steeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechases
- stalking-horse - a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
- harness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles
- workhorse - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor
- post horse, post-horse, poster - a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
- pacer - a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together
- high stepper, stepper - a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting
- chestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
- liver chestnut - a solid dark brown horse
- bay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
- sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
- palomino - a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail
- pinto - a spotted or calico horse or pony
member holonym: foal - a young horsebelongs to: equus, genus equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidaehas:- encolure - the mane of a horse
- horseback - the back of a horse
- horse's foot - the hoof of a horse
- withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
- gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
- poll - the part of the head between the ears
- horseflesh, horsemeat - the flesh of horses as food
same as: equus caballus -
A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs (synset 103543217)
is a type of: exerciser, gymnastic apparatus - sports equipment used in gymnastic exercisessubtypes:
- pommel horse, side horse - a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end
- buck, long horse, vaulting horse - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
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Troops trained to fight on horseback (synset 108414813)
"500 horse led the attack"referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nationmember holonym: cavalryman, trooper - a soldier in a motorized army unitsame as: cavalry, horse cavalry
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A framework for holding wood that is being sawed (synset 104147696)
subtypes: trestle - sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
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A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse;
Can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) (synset 103629976)referred to in: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's kingis a type of: chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chesssame as: knight
Verb
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Provide with a horse or horses (synset 201186591)
is a type of: cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenancesubtypes: remount - provide with fresh horses
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