Horse People Mounted Rider Cart Noun Hɔːs Hɔːrs

• to ride a horse
• to get on a horse
• he mounted his horse and rode off.
• she's a keen horse rider.

horse

1. a large animal with four legs, a mane (= long thick hair on its neck) and a tail. Horses are used for riding on, pulling carriages, etc.
• SEE ALSO colt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/colt
• to ride a horse
• to get on a horse
• He mounted his horse and rode off.
• She's a keen horse rider.
• He wants to become a professional horse trainer.
• a rider on a white horse
• They travelled seven miles by horse to the camp.
• a horse and cart

Extra Examples

• He urged his horse into a gallop.
• He was jailed for 15 years for nobbling a horse that had been going to run in the Derby.
• He was mounted on the finest horse you could ever see.
• Heavy horses (= large, strong horses) were used for delivering beer.
• Hundreds of animals are bought and sold at the annual horse fair.
• Several horses trotted past us.
• She has a knack for handling horses.
• The cart overturned, the horse plunging and rearing in its traces.
• The horse stumbled and threw its rider.
• The horse trough was full of stagnant water.
• The race organizers became suspicious when the two most fancied horses finished last.
• The weary horse plodded up the hill.
• There are ten horses running in the next race.
• They collected tissue samples for cloning from 75 champion horses.
• They passed an old horse pulling a cart full of apples.
• They would need fresh horses if they were to reach the border the next day.
• Three horses fell when a loose horse ran across the track.
2. horse racing
• He lost a lot of money on the horses (= by gambling on races).
3. a large object with legs, and sometimes handles, used in gymnastics
• SEE ALSO pommel horse
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pommel-horse
4. to support somebody/something that is not successful
5. to behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people
6. to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of something else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another
7. to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so
8. a person who does not tell other people much about their life, and who surprises other people by having interesting qualities
9. a person taking part in a race, etc. who surprises everyone by winning
10. to cause something to fail, for example a plan
11. to eat a lot
• She may be thin, but she eats like a horse.
12. to waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible
13. given by somebody who is directly involved and therefore likely to be accurate
14. used to tell somebody that they should wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without thinking about it first
15. the act of matching people with suitable jobs or tasks
16. wishing for something does not make it happen
17. to refuse or criticize something that is given to you for nothing
• I’m never one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
18. a competition or an election in which there are only one, two, etc. teams or candidates with a chance of winning
• The women’s competition was a two horse race between last year’s winners Surrey and the previous champions Essex.
19. to put or do things in the wrong order
20. used to say that nothing would persuade somebody to go somewhere or do something they do not want to do
21. you can give somebody the opportunity to do something, but you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to

Word Origin

• Old English hors, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ros and German Ross.