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• horse — n. animal 1) to mount; ride; walk a horse; to lead a horse by the bridle 2) to curry; harness; hobble; saddle; shoe a horse 3) to break (in) a horse 4) to breed, raise horses 5) a cart (BE), draft (AE), dray; race; saddle; thoroughbred; wild… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Horse — For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). Domestic horse …   Wikipedia

• Horse breeding — Mares and foals Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired… …   Wikipedia

• Horse teeth — Horses teeth are often used to estimate the animal s age, hence the sayings long in the tooth and Don t look a gift horse in the mouth . Types of teeth At five years of age a horse has between 36 and 44 teeth. All horses have* Twelve premolars… …   Wikipedia

• Horse behavior — is best understood from the perspective that horses are prey animals with a well developed fight or flight instinct. Their first response to a threat is to flee, although they are known to stand their ground and defend themselves or their… …   Wikipedia

• Colt (horse) — A colt is a young male horse, under the age of four. The term colt is often confused with foal, which refers to a horse of either sex under one year of age. An adult male horse if left intact is called either a stallion or a horse (sometimes full …   Wikipedia

• Young Guns II — Infobox Film name = Young Guns II caption= original film poster director = Geoff Murphy writer = John Fusco producer = Paul Schiff Irby Smith starring = Emilio Estevez Kiefer Sutherland Lou Diamond Phillips Christian Slater William Petersen James …   Wikipedia

• horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties …   Universalium

• Horse showmanship — Showmanship is an event found at many horse shows. The class is also sometimes called Fitting and Showmanship , Showmanship In Hand , Showmanship at Halter or Halter Showmanship It involves a person on the ground leading a horse, wearing a halter …   Wikipedia

• horse — I UK [hɔː(r)s] / US [hɔrs] noun Word forms horse : singular horse plural horses *** 1) [countable] a large animal that people ride. The sound that a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a… …   English dictionary

• horse — horse1 [ hɔrs ] noun *** 1. ) count a large animal that people ride. The sound a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a mare. A young horse is called a foal. 2. ) count a piece of equipment… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English