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Dictionary: horse·back   (hôrs'băk') pronunciation

n.
  1. The back of a horse.
  2. A natural ridge; a hogback.
adv. & adj.
On the back of a horse: rode horseback to town; horseback riding.


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IN BRIEF: To ride atop a large hoofed animal often found on ranches or farms.

pronunciation The farm children got to go horseback riding every Thursday after their chores.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the back of a horse


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Horseback

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ridende
adv. - til hest
n. - hesteryg

idioms:

  • on horseback    til hest

Nederlands (Dutch)
op een paard, snel, paardenrug

Français (French)
adj. - à cheval
adv. - (US) faire du cheval, à cheval
n. - à cheval

idioms:

  • on horseback    à cheval

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pferderücken, (Geol.) langgezogene Sand- oder Kiesader
adj. - zu Pferde
adv. - zu Pferde

idioms:

  • on horseback    zu Pferd

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ράχη αλόγου ιππασίας
attrib. - έφιππος, στην πλάτη αλόγου

idioms:

  • on horseback    έφιππος (κν. καβάλα)

Italiano (Italian)
groppa

idioms:

  • on horseback    a cavallo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - costas (f pl) do cavalo

idioms:

  • on horseback    montado a cavalo

Русский (Russian)
спина лошади, гряда, верхом, сделанный без подготовки

idioms:

  • on horseback    верхом

Español (Spanish)
adj. - a caballo
adv. - a caballo
n. - lomo del caballo

idioms:

  • on horseback    a caballo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - till häst, ridande
attr. - rid-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
未经充分考虑的, 即时贸然做出的, 在马背上, 骑在马上, 马背

idioms:

  • on horseback    在马上, 骑着马

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 未經充分考慮的, 即時貿然做出的
adv. - 在馬背上, 騎在馬上
n. - 馬背

idioms:

  • on horseback    在馬上, 騎著馬

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 말 등에서
adv. - 말을 타고
n. - 말 등, 깎아지른 낮은 산등성이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 馬の背
adv. - 馬で, 馬に乗って

idioms:

  • on horseback    騎乗で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صهوة الجواد, هضبه حادة القمه منحدرة الجنبات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נעשה או ניתן כלאחר יד‬
adv. - ‮על הסוס‬
n. - ‮גב הסוס‬


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