horses
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
An inflected form of horse · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 655 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 29,116 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times also: Equus caballus
- a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs also: gymnastic horse
- troops trained to fight on horseback also: cavalry, horse cavalry 500 horse led the attack
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed also: sawhorse, sawbuck, buck
- a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) also: knight
horses in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There were pictures of ladies and gentlemen, and pictures of horses and dogs.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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You can then live as great lords, keep horses, and drive about in carriages.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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But about the middle of the winter Eady’s horses fell ill of a local epidemic.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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She got in, and in entire contentment sat down with her back to the horses.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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And, throwing open a window: “Come, Gilberte,” he added, “come and see his carriage and horses.”
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1