n.
animal
1) to mount; ride; walk a ~; to lead a ~ by the bridle
2) to curry; harness; hobble; saddle; shoe a ~
3) to break (in) a ~
4) to breed, raise ~s
5) a cart ( BE ), draft ( AE ), dray; race; saddle; thoroughbred; wild ~; a work~ ( usu. fig .)
6) ~s canter; gallop; neigh; snicker; trot; whinny
7) an unbroken ~ bucks
8) a herd of (wild) ~s; a pair; team of ~s
9) a young ~ is a foal
10) a female ~ is a mare
11) a male ~ is a stallion; a castrated male ~ is a gelding
12) a young female ~ is a filly
13) a young male ~ is a colt
padded block
(gymnastics)
14) a pommel, side ( AE ); vaulting ~
misc.
15) to back the wrong ~ ('to support the losing side'); to beat/flog a dead ~ ('to discuss an issue that has already been settled'); from the ~'s mouth ('from an original source'); to hold one's ~s ('to behave more carefully'); a ~ of a different color ('an entirely different matter'); on one's high ~ ('behaving arrogantly'); to eat like a ~ ('to eat a great deal'); to work like a ~ ('to work very hard'); to play the ~s ('to bet on ~ races')