- horse
- nounADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, fine, good, great, lovely, magnificent▪
He was mounted on the finest horse you could ever see.
▪ bay, black, chestnut, grey/gray▪ thoroughbred▪ wild▪ unbroken▪ nervous, restless▪ frightened, startled▪ fancied (BrE)▪The two most fancied horses finished last.
▪ loose, riderless, runaway▪Three jockeys were injured when a loose horse ran across the track.
▪ fresh▪They would need fresh horses if they were to reach the border the next day.
▪ fast▪ lame▪ heavy, shire (esp. BrE)▪Heavy horses were used for delivering beer.
▪ riding, saddle▪ carriage, cart (usually carthorse), draught/draft, dray▪ pack▪ cavalry, police▪ race (usually racehorse)▪ quarter (esp. AmE)▪ champion▪They collected tissue samples for cloning from 75 champion horses.
▪ pantomime (BrE)▪He got a part as the rear end of a pantomime horse.
▪ rockingVERB + HORSE▪ breed▪ own, train▪ get ready▪Get my horse ready and wait for me.
▪ saddle▪ be mounted on, mount▪ dismount (esp. AmE), dismount from▪ ride▪ spur, spur on, urge▪He urged his horse into a gallop.
▪ lead▪ brush, brush down, groom▪ shoe▪ stable▪ handle▪She has a knack for handling horses.
▪ frighten▪ hobble, tether, tieHORSE + VERB▪ canter, gallop, trot, walk▪Several horses trotted past us.
▪ prance▪ run▪There are ten horses running in the next race.
▪ plod▪The weary horse plodded up the hill.
▪ neigh, snort, whinny▪ bolt▪ rear, rear up, shy▪ plunge▪The cart overturned, the horse plunging and rearing in its traces.
▪ fall, slip, stumble▪The horse stumbled and threw its rider.
▪ throw sb▪ jump▪ pull sth▪They passed an old horse pulling a cart full of apples.
▪ graze▪ standHORSE + NOUN▪ box (usually horsebox) (BrE), trailer (AmE)▪The car in front was pulling a horsebox.
▪ breeder, dealer (esp. BrE), lover, owner, rider, trainer▪ hooves▪ droppings, dung, manure, shit (slang)▪ flesh (usually horseflesh)▪ fair (BrE)▪Hundreds of animals are bought and sold at the annual horse fair.
▪ race▪ racing, riding (BrE) (horseback riding in AmE)▪ show, trials▪He won second prize in a horse show.
▪ trough▪The horse trough was full of stagnant water.
▪ whip (usually horsewhip)▪ trading (usually horse-trading) (figurative)▪political horse-trading
PREPOSITION▪ on a/the horsePHRASES▪ a horse and carriage, a horse and cart
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
