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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equine species |
| Synonyms: | bronco, colt, filly, foal, gelding, mare, mustang, nag, plug*, pony, stallion, steed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | donkey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small domestic horselike mammal |
| Synonyms: | Rocky Mountain canary, ass, burro, horse, jackass, jennet, jenny, maud, moke, mule, neddy, pony |
| Notes: | a donkey is a domesticated ass and so is a burro, used as pack animal |
| Main Entry: | gymnastics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acrobatic exercise |
| Synonyms: | aerobatics, balance beam, bars, body-building, calisthenics, floor exercise, free exercise, gym, horse, rings, trampoline, trapeze, tumbling, vaulting, workout |
| Main Entry: | heroin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smack |
| Synonyms: | H, big H, candy*, crap, diacetylmorphine, doojee, dope, drug, flea powder, hard stuff, horse*, junk*, mojo, narcotic, opium, scag, white stuff |
| Notes: | heroin (the drug) is based on Latin/Greek heros 'hero' because of its effects on the user's self-esteem; heroine is a courageous principal female character (the counterpart of hero) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ungulate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoofed animal |
| Synonyms: | buffalo, camel, cattle, cow, deer, elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus, hog, horse, llama, pig, rhinoceros, swine, tapir |
| Main Entry: | trestle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | framework |
| Synonyms: | beam, brace, horse, sawhorse, stand, support |
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
| Synonyms: | agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military organization |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, battalion, body, cell, corps, crew, detachment, division, guard, horses, host, legion, patrol, regiment, reserves, shop, soldiers, squad, squadron, troop, unit |
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