horse in Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
horse in Sindhi سنڌي
horse in Telugu తెలుగు
horse in English
- horse⇄adj. horselike.
- horse⇄adj. 1. of or having to do with a horse or horses.
Ex. a horse collar, a horse show.
2. on a horse or horses.
Ex. The horse grenadiers were mounted infantry.
3. large or coarse for its kind.
Ex. a horse mackerel. - horse⇄expr. back the wrong horse, (Informal.) to support a losing candidate, cause, or other enterprise.
Ex. [He] is doubtless well aware that his lack of experience in African politics may mean he will often back the wrong horse (Atlantic). - horse⇄expr. beat (or flog) a dead horse. See under dead horse.
- horse⇄expr. from the horse's mouth, from the original source; from a well-informed source; from the person in charge.
Ex. The prophecies were direct relays from the horse's mouth (New York Times). - horse⇄expr. hold one's horses, (Informal.) to slow down, pause, or be patient.
Ex. Just hold your horses, boys--he'll come out directly (J. S. Robb). - horse⇄expr. horse around, (Slang.) to fool around; get into mischief.
Ex. She never let us horse around and so none of us ever got very clubby with each other (New Yorker). - horse⇄expr. horse of a different (or another) color, something different.
Ex. Many lay people believe that if we can put a man on the moon, we can also conquer cancer. Space probes are scientific instruments. Cancer is a horse of a different color (Scien - horse⇄expr. look a gift horse in the mouth. See under gift horse.
- horse⇄expr. to horse! mount horses! get on horseback!.
Ex. ""To horse!"" Said Ida, ""home! to horse!"" (Tennyson). - horse⇄horse, noun, pl.horsesor (collectively)horse,verb, horsed,horsing,adjective.
- horse⇄noun 1. a large, four-legged animal with a flowing mane and tail of long, coarse hair. Horses have been used from very early times to pull loads and carry riders. They have solid hoofs and are herbivorous mammals.
2. a full-grown male horse; stall - horse⇄v.i. to mount or go on horseback.
- horse⇄v.t. 1. to provide with a horse or horses.
2. to put on horseback.
3a. to set or carry on a person's back.
b. to carry on one's own back.
4. to set on a person's back or on a wooden horse or other place of punishment, in order