(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a large animal which people can ride. Some ~s are used for pulling ploughs and carts.
A small man on a grey ~ had appeared.
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2.
When you talk about the ~s, you mean ~ races in which people bet money on the ~ which they think will win. (INFORMAL)
He still likes to bet on the ~s.
N-PLURAL: the N, usu on the N
3.
A vaulting ~ is a tall piece of gymnastics equipment for jumping over.
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4.
If you hear something from the ~’s mouth, you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true.
He has got to hear it from the ~’s mouth. Then he can make a judgment as to whether his policy is correct or not.
PHRASE: v PHR
5.
see also clothes ~ , dark ~ , rocking ~ , sea~