HORSE

Meaning of HORSE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a horse/boat/bike etc race

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It’s legal to gamble on horse races.

charley horse

clothes horse

cows/horses etc graze in a field (= they eat the grass growing there )

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Cattle were grazing in the field below.

dark horse

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In the 1955 golf championship, dark horse Jack Fleck defeated Ben Hogan.

eat like a horse (= eat a lot )

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She eats like a horse but never puts on any weight!

hold your horses! (= used to tell someone to do something more slowly or carefully )

horse chestnut

horse racing

horse show

horse trailer

pack horse

pommel horse

rocking horse

shire horse

stalking horse

white horses

wild horse/dog/pig etc

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

dark

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Beware the ventriloquist, the dark horse , whose thrown voice juggles the truth.

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And then there was the dark horse in the field.

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Patterson, winner of the Euro 250 race at Mondello Park, could be the dark horse in these races.

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Horses that have been transported in dark closed-in horse trucks, certainly learn to fear them.

dead

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I saw the white of Tamesin, the dead King's horse , as well as Alexander's purple cloak blowing in the wind.

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This is a dead draw, but Karpov flogged a very dead horse until move 86 before acquiescing in the inevitable.

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Beating the same old dead horse ..

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Glitter is Dot Cotton in foot-thick panstick, flogging a dead horse until its bones are a pile of dust.

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The Sioux might eat a dead horse , but would never kill one for food.

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If something is carried on then it is flogging a dead horse or blind ambition.

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They seem to be flogging a dead horse .

trojan

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The commitment to devolution was the Trojan horse within Labour's gates.

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And, likewise, a Trojan horse .

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If Kinnock chooses to fight to retain his leadership, he will have to confront the Trojan horse .

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Target company A company which is about to be, or is being, acquired. Trojan horse Same as White squire.

white

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From 1874 upon the sail was emblazoned the rampant white horse of Kent.

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The notion of some man on a white horse saving the party with a late candidacy is fanciful.

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Mr Bean's mate was bringing out an extraordinary white horse covered in black spots.

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A small black and white quarter horse was nibbling grass among the trees.

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The white horse of heroin galloped to my side.

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A: A white horse swimming in Jell-O.

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He was on a white horse but even she could see that it was not Ana's horse.

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Here's the chap on the white horse again, he never loses his feathers.

wild

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Roberts has found the prints of wolves, wild boar, goats, wild horse and sheep.

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The place was stark yet intensely present. Wild horse and donkey tracks skirted the bases of red, sedimentary hills.

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Morthen kicked the wild horse and galloped up to the earth wall.

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Or the lean-flanked wild and free horse .

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He told me he had a wild horse for me to ride at the roundup.

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This Przewalski's stallion has the typical dun coat of a truly wild horse .

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The second type of horsemen are wild horse archers recruited from the nomadic tribes of the Kislev steppes.

■ NOUN

chestnut

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The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree, gazing out over the estuary.

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Already, two mature horse chestnuts had been felled.

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Its several greens with their majestic horse chestnuts are overlooked by the church from its commanding hilltop position.

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Some leaves are especially toxic: those of evergreens like holly and laurel, as well as horse chestnut and willows.

gift

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But never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I say, be gracious and accept this delightful offering.

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That villain of a landlord was not the one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

race

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The Grand National as always, has been the horse race of the year.

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The musicals are a real horse race .

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The women's competition was a two horse race between last year's winners Surrey and previous champions Essex.

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It is certainly better than any horse race , or any other gambling, when the odds are never in your favor.

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Meanwhile Labour insist Cheltenham is now a 3 horse race with issues not personalities at the forefront.

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Because for once the Grammy contest is shaping up as a real horse race .

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As the spirit of the day mounted, there would probably be horse races and wrestling matches to entertain the folks.

racing

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Among the Peers was the Marquess of Zetland, aged 54 and better known for his love of horse racing .

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Doncaster Central Library A substantial archive is devoted to the history of horse racing , and another to railways.

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Here you can also see National Hunt horse racing .

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The overall picture is of the first generation harbouring little interest in sport, apart from horse racing !

riding

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Other activities available at a charge are horse riding , water-skiing, sauna, massage, tennis and wind-surfing lessons.

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The teachers in the ring show the children how to do basic horse riding .

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She attends Ropley School and enjoys dancing, horse riding and drama, as well as bell-ringing and singing in the Ropley Church choir.

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This is a veritable paradise for all those who love walking, swimming and above all, horse riding .

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Plenty to do for the young and elderly including windsurfing, sailing, bowls, tennis and horse riding .

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The holiday includes walking, horse riding and mountain biking in the area..

show

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It was a mixture of agricultural show , horse show, trade exhibition, Highland Games and garden fete.

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Visitors to the camp and the boys themselves endured cleansing rituals, and campers stayed away from the local annual horse show .

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This is always one of the best horse shows of the year.

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During a horse show he positioned himself at the edge of the arena.

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The keenness of the Horse Rangers is particularly evident during the build-up to their annual horse show .

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If you visit any horse show you will see plenty of freeze branded winners.

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We entered the very horse show that we had to sit out the year before.

trailer

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Nearby would be a trail head that could accommodate 15 cars and 10 horse trailers .

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You can take horses to shows in horse trailers pulled by cars or horse boxes, a vehicle of its own.

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Whereas the same horses often travel quite happily in the ordinary, well-lighted, double horse trailers drawn by a car.

■ VERB

lead

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As he spoke, a figure came from one of the stables leading a horse .

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They often helped by leading the horse , setting the locks or steering the boat.

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He had to lead his horse over Honister Pass but its barrenness pleased him greatly.

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He noticed Karelius, raised a hand in greeting, and dismounted to lead his horse through to the stables.

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, he jokes.

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We are not only leading the horse but also giving it mental stimulation.

mount

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A groan burst from his lips as he mounted his horse , and for a second the world swam before his eyes.

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Russell mounted his horse , rode off, and rode back at full gallop toward the trailer.

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Sharpe wearily mounted his fresh horse .

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Quickly the king's son mounted his horse again and rode back over forty-nine kingdoms.

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He had mounted the Dragoon's horse and was leading the tired mare by her reins.

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Knight, mounting his horse , wearing chain mail of the type developed from eastern sources during Barbarossa's reign.

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Scathach led the way to the gate, pulled it down again and mounted his own horse .

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Now, when you mount a horse , you simply push your boot in to the stirrup.

ride

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It was our first morning of filming and when I rode the horse I really liked him.

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I was dreaming that I was riding a horse .

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Sometimes you can ride a horse that's never done it before.

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Nine-year-old Pippa Simmons likes dancing and would like to ride a horse .

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You're about to ride a horse .

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Additionally, training and riding a horse teaches it a whole range of new habits in relation to its work and us.

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To ride a horse it has to have saddlery.

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The plaintiff rode his horse violently and collided with a pole which the defendant had negligently left in the road.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I could eat a horse

back the wrong horse

be flogging a dead horse

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If something is carried on then it is flogging a dead horse or blind ambition.

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They seem to be flogging a dead horse.

be/get on your high horse

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All right, all right; don't get on your high horse.

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Don't get on your high horse with me.

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Oh, now he gets on his high horse and accuses me of being an anti-Semite!

choke a horse

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I have enough kitchen gadgets to choke a horse.

drive a coach and horses through sth

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But how useful would such a right be anyway, if an intelligence agency can drive a coach and horses through it?

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Callinicos drives a coach and horses through postmodernism; well and good.

never/don't look a gift horse in the mouth

pigeon/horse etc fancier

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Although this usage has almost disappeared, it is still visible in pigeon fanciers .

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Robert is a pigeon fancier and a member of the Johnstone Social Flying Club.

put the cart before the horse

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It is Labour's insistence on putting the cart before the horse which fills me with gloom.

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It seems to me that Mr Topolski is putting the cart before the horse.

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This is putting the cart before the horse.

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This may sound like putting the cart before the horse and being unnecessarily pessimistic.

shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted

the Trojan Horse

wild horses would/could not ...

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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Athelstan stopped his horse outside St Erconwald's and thought about that further.

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He kisses her and swings on to his horse .

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If you have a performance horse , be wary of prohibited substances.

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Meanwhile, Seb tied the reins of his horse to the back of the cart before sprinting towards the manor house.

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The horse rolled over on me and I had to jump off to safety.&.

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The horse was third favourite, quite well backed.

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This means that the rider can help his horse should he peck on landing or hesitate into a fence.

II. verb