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Meaning of horse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  horse
      n 1: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since
           prehistoric times [syn: {horse}, {Equus caballus}]
      2: a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs [syn: {horse},
         {gymnastic horse}]
      3: troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the
         attack" [syn: {cavalry}, {horse cavalry}, {horse}]
      4: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn:
         {sawhorse}, {horse}, {sawbuck}, {buck}]
      5: a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move
         two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
         [syn: {knight}, {horse}]
      v 1: provide with a horse or horses

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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