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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_163_hhorsehorse1 /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ ●くろまる●くろまる●くろまる S1 W1 noun 1 HBA[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 3 [countable]DSO a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over4 → (straight/right) from the horse’s mouth 5 → horses for courses 6 → a two/three/four etc horse race 7 → a horse of a different color 8 → horse sense 9 EXCHANGE[uncountable] old-fashioned informal heroin → dark horse , → never/don’t look a gift horse in the mouth , → be flogging a dead horse , → hold your horses1(15) , → put the cart before the horse , → stalking horse , white horses Examples from the Corpushorse• This means that the rider can help his horse should he peck on landing or hesitate into a fence.• Meanwhile, Seb tied the reins of his horse to the back of the cart before sprinting towards the manor house.• Athelstan stopped his horse outside St Erconwald's and thought about that further.• He kisses her and swings on to his horse.• If you have a performance horse, be wary of prohibited substances.• The horse rolled over on me and I had to jump off to safety.• The horse was third favourite, quite well backed.

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