horses

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of horse. Use this form when you mean more than one horse.

   The horses ran across the open field together.

   We fed the horses before the sun went down.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular present of horse. Use it with he, she, or it.

   He horses around with his friends after class.

   She horses around in the yard until it gets dark.

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3. 3
   nounslangcountable

   An informal word for horsepower: the power that an engine can make.

   Like counting how many horses it would take to pull the same heavy load.

   This truck has over three hundred horses under the hood.

   The new engine has a lot more horses than the old one.

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