BASIC DAILY ENGLISH VOCABULARY with PICTURE. Horse. 2011-12-2011. 12-05-2011.

horse

1 [countable] a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things [↪ pony, equine, equestrian]:

a horse and cart

Lee had never ridden a horse before.

2

 the horses

British English informal horse races:

Jim likes a bet on the horses.

3 [countable] a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over

4

 (straight/right) from the horse's mouth

if you hear or get information straight from the horse's mouth, you are told it by someone who has direct knowledge of it

5

 horses for courses

British English the process of matching people with suitable jobs or activities

6

 a two/three/four etc horse race

a competition or an election that only two etc competitors can win

7

 a horse of a different color

, a horse of another color American English something that is completely different from another thing

8

 horse sense

old-fashioned sensible judgement gained from experience[= common sense]

9 [uncountable] old-fashioned informal heroin

➔ dark horse

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

 at gift(7)

 ; ➔ be flogging a dead horse

 at flog (3)

 ; ➔ hold your horses

 at hold1 (15)

 ; ➔ put the cart before the horse

 at cart1(4), stalking horse, white horses

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 
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