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dishorse

UK/dɪsˈhɔːs/US/dɪsˈhɔɹs/

dishorse verb: to dismount from a horse.

Verb

dishorse (third-person singular simple present dishorses, present participle dishorsing, simple past and past participle dishorsed)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To dismount from a horse.
    • He burst his lance against a forest bough
      Dishorsed himself, and rose again1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To unseat from a horse.

Synonyms of dishorse

Forms of dishorse

third-person singular presentdishorses
present participledishorsing
past participledishorsed
pastdishorsed

Origin of dishorse

From dis- + horse.

Questions about dishorse

What does dishorse mean?
Dishorse means to dismount from a horse.
What part of speech is dishorse?
Dishorse is a verb.
How do you pronounce dishorse?
Dishorse is pronounced /dɪsˈhɔːs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of dishorse?
The past tense of dishorse is dishorsed.

Words near dishorse in the dictionary

  1. dishorned
  2. dishorner
  3. dishorners
  4. dishorning
  5. dishorns
  6. dishorse
  7. dishorsed
  8. dishorses
  9. dishorsing
  10. dishouse
  11. dishoused

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