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horsed

horsed is the simple past and past participle of horse.

Meaning of horse

Verb

horse (third-person singular simple present horses, present participle horsing, simple past and past participle horsed)

  1. (intransitive) Synonym of horse around.
    • "Stop horsing, and guess how many kids!"1958, Gay Gaer Luce, Cross Your Heart, page 181
  2. (transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
    • Was someone horsing her? Was it Josh's idea of a joke? For some moments she sat, plump hands with long pointed pink nails, toying with the envelope. Then she went to the telephone and called[…]2015 March 7, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Palm Beach: A Novel, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 106
  3. (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
    • being better horsed, outrode mec. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
  4. (obsolete) To get on horseback.
    • He horsed himself well.1888, Rudyard Kipling, Cupid's Arrows
  5. To sit astride of; to bestride.
    • Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  6. To copulate with (a mare).

See all 40 meanings of horse

Adjective

horsed (not comparable)

  1. Mounted on a horse.
    • horsed men

Origin of horsed

Equivalent to horse + -ed.

From Middle English horsed, i-horsed, yhorsed, y-horsed, from Old English horsod, ġehorsod, past participle of Old English horsian, ġehorsian (“to horse”), equivalent to horse + -ed.

Phrases with horsed

Questions about horsed

What does horsed mean?
Horsed means mounted on a horse.
What is horsed the simple past and past participle of?
Horsed is the simple past and past participle of horse.
What part of speech is horsed?
Horsed is an adjective.

Words near horsed in the dictionary

  1. horsecollars
  2. horsecomb
  3. horsecombs
  4. horsecraft
  5. horsecrap
  6. horsed
  7. horsed about
  8. horsed around
  9. horsedealer
  10. horsedealers
  11. horsedealing

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