horse

n. large four-legged mammal commonly used for transportation; type of gymnastics equipment

v. furnish with a horse; ride a horse; carry on one's back

H.O.R.S.E. is a form of poker commonly played at the high stakes tables of casinos. It consists of rounds of play cycling among: Texas Hold 'em, Omaha eight or better, Razz, Seven card Stud, and Seven card stud Eight or better. HORSE is a limit game, including hold 'em, although sometimes in tournament situations, like the 2006 World Series of Poker event, the final table is no-limit hold 'em.A H.O.R.S.E. tournament was held at the World Series of Poker in 2004 when it was won by Scott Fischman. The 2006 World Series H.O.R.S.E. tournament had a record-setting $50,000 entry fee and was won by David "Chip" Reese. The $50,000 buy-in tournament returned for the 2007 WSOP, along with seven satellite events with a $2,250 buy-in whose winners earned seats into the $50,000 buy-in event. The $50,000 event was won by poker professional Freddy Deeb. Separate H.O.R.S.E. events with $2,500 and $5,000 buy-ins were also on the 2007 WSOP program.
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The horse (Equus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus.Horses have long been among the most economically important domesticated animals; however their importance has declined with the introduction of mechanization. The horse is a prominent figure in the ideals of religion, mythology, and art and plays an important role in transportation, agriculture, and warfare. Horses also serve as a source of food, fuel, and clothing.
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Noun
1. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
(synonym) Equus caballus
(hypernym) equine, equid
(hyponym) roan
(member-holonym) Equus, genus Equus
(member-meronym) foal
(part-meronym) encolure
2. a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
(hypernym) gymnastic apparatus, exerciser
(hyponym) pommel horse, side horse
3. troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"
(synonym) cavalry, horse cavalry
(hypernym) military personnel, soldiery, troops
(member-meronym) cavalryman, trooper
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
4. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
(synonym) sawhorse, sawbuck, buck
(hypernym) framework, frame, framing
(hyponym) trestle
5. a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
(synonym) knight
(hypernym) chessman, chess piece
Verb
1. provide with a horse or horses
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) remount
(derivation) Equus caballus

n. horse, large four-legged mammal commonly used for transportation; type of gymnastics equipment

(a.)
A breastband for a leadsman.
  

(a.)
A jackstay.
  

(a.)
An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
  

(n.)
A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
  

(n.)
A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  

(n.)
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.
  

(n.)
Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
  

(n.)
See Footrope, a.
  

(n.)
The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.
  

(v. i.)
To get on horseback.
  

(v. t.)
To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
  

(v. t.)
To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
  

(v. t.)
To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.
  

(v. t.)
To sit astride of; to bestride.
  

(v. t.)
To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.