The seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

A hoofed mammal used for riding and draft work, including various species of equus ferus, zebras, and asses, as well as being a term for cavalry soldiers, a game piece, a slang term for a large person, and a historical punishment device.

A piece of equipment with legs, typically used in gymnastics or as a frame to support something.

(nautical) A noun "horse" represents various forms of equipment such as a rope stretching along a yard, a breastband for a leadsman, an iron bar for a sheet traveller, and a jackstay.

(mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.

(US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).

(uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.

(prison slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.

(slang) Heroin (drug).

(intransitive) Synonym of horse around

(transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.

(transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.

To sit astride of; to bestride.

(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).

To take or carry on the back.

To place someone on the back of another person or on an object to be punished, or to flog.

(transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.

(informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.