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the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
off
     1. adv. In a direction away from the speaker or object.
           He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
     2. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
           Please switch off the light when you leave.
           die off
     3. adv. So as to be removed or separated.
           He bit off more than he could chew.
           Some branches were sawn off.
     4. adj. Inoperative, disabled.
           All the lights are off.
     5. adj. Rancid, rotten.
           This milk is off!
     6. adj. (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
     7. adj. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
           sales are off this quarter
     8. adj. Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).
     9. adj. Started on the way.
           off to see the wizard
           And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
     10. adj. Far; off to the side.
           the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
     11. adj. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
           He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season
     12. adj. (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
           — I'll have the chicken please.
           — Sorry, chicken's off today.
     13. adj. Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle).
     14. prep. Used to indicate movement away from a position on
           I took it off the table.
           Come off the roof!
     15. prep. (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
           He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
     16. prep. Away from or not on.
           He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.
           Keep off the grass.
     17. prep. Disconnected or subtracted from.
           We've been off the grid for three days now.
           He took 20% off the list price.
     18. prep. Distant from.
           We're just off the main road.
           The island is 23 miles off the cape.
     19. prep. No longer wanting or taking.
           He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
           He's off his meds again.
     20. prep. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering(topics, en, Engineering).
           Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
           samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
           I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
     21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
           He got in the way so I had him offed.
     22. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.
           Can you off the light?
     23. n. (rare) Beginning; starting point.
           He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
horse
     1. n. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
     2. n.          A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
                   A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.
     3. n.          (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
                   These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
     4. n.          (military, sometimes un) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
                   We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.
                   All the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put Humpty together again.
     5. n.          (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
                   Now just remind me how the horse moves again?
     6. n.          (slang) A large person.
                   Every linebacker they have is a real horse.
     7. n.          (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
     8. n. Equipment with legs.
     9. n.          In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
                   She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse.
     10. n.          A frame with legs, used to support something.
                   a clothes horse; a sawhorse
     11. n. (nautical) Type of equipment.
     12. n.          A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
     13. n.          A breastband for a leadsman.
     14. n.          An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
     15. n.          A jackstay.
     16. n. (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
     17. n. (slang) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
     18. n. (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 pl
     19. n. (dated, slang) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
     20. n. (dated, slang) horseplay; tomfoolery
     21. v. (intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
     22. v. To provide with a horse.
     23. v. (obsolete) To get on horseback.
     24. v. To sit astride of; to bestride.
     25. v. (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
     26. v. To take or carry on the back.
     27. v. To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
     28. n. (slang) Heroin (drug).
           Alright, mate, got any horse?
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
ox
     1. n. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus).
     2. n. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
team
     1. n. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
     2. n. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
           We need more volunteers for the netball team.
           The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
     3. n. (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
     4. n. (legal) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, go
     5. v. (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
           They teamed to complete the project.
     6. v. (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
     7. v. To convey or haul with a team.
           to team lumber
     8. v. To form together into a team.
           to team oxen
     9. v. To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
     10. v. misspelling of teem
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
distinction
     1. n. That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.
     2. n. The act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination.
           There is a distinction to be made between resting and slacking.
     3. n. Specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished.
           She had the distinction of meeting the Queen.
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
nigh
     1. adj. (archaic, poetic) near, close by
           The end is nigh!
     2. adj. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
     3. v. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
     4. adv. Almost, nearly.
     5. prep. near; close to
           When the Moon is horned (...) is it not ever nigh the Sun?
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
near
     1. adj. Physically close.
     2. adj. Closely connected or related.
     3. adj. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
           a near friend
     4. adj. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
           a version near to the original
     5. adj. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
           a near escape
     6. adj. (of an event) Approaching.
           The end is near.
     7. adj. Approximate, almost.
           The two words are near synonyms.
     8. adj. (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
           the near ox; the near leg
     9. adj. (obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
     10. adj. (obsolete, slang) Stingy; parsimonious.
     11. adv. Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
           I'm near-sighted.
     12. adv. (colloquial) nearly
     13. prep. Close to, in close proximity to.
           There are habitable planets orbiting many of the stars near our Sun.
     14. prep. Close to in time.
           The voyage was near completion.
     15. v. To come closer to; to approach.
           The ship nears the land.
     16. n. The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
horse
     1. n. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
     2. n.          A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
                   A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.
     3. n.          (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
                   These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
     4. n.          (military, sometimes un) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
                   We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.
                   All the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put Humpty together again.
     5. n.          (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
                   Now just remind me how the horse moves again?
     6. n.          (slang) A large person.
                   Every linebacker they have is a real horse.
     7. n.          (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
     8. n. Equipment with legs.
     9. n.          In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
                   She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse.
     10. n.          A frame with legs, used to support something.
                   a clothes horse; a sawhorse
     11. n. (nautical) Type of equipment.
     12. n.          A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
     13. n.          A breastband for a leadsman.
     14. n.          An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
     15. n.          A jackstay.
     16. n. (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
     17. n. (slang) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
     18. n. (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 pl
     19. n. (dated, slang) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
     20. n. (dated, slang) horseplay; tomfoolery
     21. v. (intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
     22. v. To provide with a horse.
     23. v. (obsolete) To get on horseback.
     24. v. To sit astride of; to bestride.
     25. v. (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
     26. v. To take or carry on the back.
     27. v. To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
     28. n. (slang) Heroin (drug).
           Alright, mate, got any horse?
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