Tra từ horse - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of horse
2 parts of a horse and equipment for a horse
3 things that horses do
4 looking after a horse
5 riding a horse
see also ANIMAL

1 different kinds of horse
- a large animal that is used for riding on: horse
- a male horse: stallion
- a female horse: mare
- a young horse: foal
- a type of small horse: pony
- a horse used for racing: racehorse
- an animal like a small horse, with long ears: donkey
- an animal that has a donkey and a horse as parents: mule

2 parts of a horse and equipment for a horse
- a set of leather straps which is used to fasten a horse to a cart or carriage: harness; to fasten a horse in this way: harness a horse (to sth)

3 things that horses do
- to move fairly quickly lifting the feet off the ground: trot; noun: trot
- to run at a steady speed: canter; noun: canter
to go for a quick canter round the field
- to run at a fast speed: gallop; noun: gallop
He rode off at a gallop.
- to run away very suddenly: bolt
The noise of the shotgun made the horses bolt.
- to jump into the air with all four feet off the ground: buck
The horse bucked and I fell off.
Note: trot, canter and gallop can be used about the rider as well as the horse:
Mary trotted to the end of the field. ◎ The horse began to gallop.
- the long high sound that a horse makes: neigh; verb: neigh

4 looking after a horse
- a building where horses are kept: stable
- a field where a horse is kept: paddock
- a person whose job is to brush, clean and look after horses: groom; to do this work: groom a horse
- a U-shaped piece of metal that is put on a horse's hoof: horseshoe
- a person who puts shoes on horses' hooves: blacksmith

5 riding a horse
- to travel along, sitting on and controlling a horse: ride* (sth); a person who rides a horse: rider
- the sport or hobby of riding a horse: riding (AmE horseback riding)
- to ride a horse for pleasure or sport: go* riding (AmE go* horseback riding)
- on a horse: on horseback
Police on horseback were controlling the crowd.
- to ride on a horse without a saddle: ride* bareback
- to get onto a horse: mount (a horse); opposite: dismount
※ sports with horses
- a sport where horses race and people try to win money by choosing the winner: horse racing (noun U)
- a race between horses: horse race
- a person who rides racehorses: jockey
- an event where several horse races are held: race meeting
- a place where horse races take place: racecourse (AmE racetrack)
- to pay some money in the hope of winning sth: bet* (on sth); an act of betting: bet
to lose money betting on horses ◎ to put a bet on a horse
- the horse that has the best chance of winning a particular race: favourite (AmE favorite)
※ more on betting BET
- a sport where people ride horses over a series of fences: showjumping (noun U); a person who does this sport: showjumper
- a game played between two teams on horseback: polo (noun U)
- riding on horseback in the countryside for pleasure or on holiday: pony-trekking (noun U)
We went pony-trekking in the Lake District.