paard

Definitions of paard
  1. noun
    solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
    synonyms: peerd, ros, viervoeter
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    hengst
    the male of species Equus caballus
    maanzee, merrie, zee
    female equine animal
    luxepaard, rijpaard
    a lightweight horse kept for riding only
    knol, ros, rossinant, stekker
    an old or over-worked horse
    hit, pony
    any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
    koerspaard, racepaard, renpaard
    a horse bred for racing
    werkpaard
    a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor
    damespaard, hakkenei, harddraver, pasganger, tel, telganger, tempobeul
    a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together
    roodvos, vos, vospaard
    a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
    zweetvos
    a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
    castraat, castraatzanger, gesnedene, ruin
    castrated male horse
    stammerrie
    a female horse used for breeding
    damespaard
    especially a light saddle horse for a woman
    Arabier
    a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
    mustang, prairiepaard
    small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish
    boerenpaard, ploegpaard
    a horse used to pull a plow
    hokkeling, pink
    a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
    trekpaard
    horse adapted for drawing heavy loads
    lastpaard, pakpaard
    a workhorse used as a pack animal
    animator, gangmaker, hartstimulator, pace-maker, pacemaker
    a horse used to set the pace in racing
    draver, klepper
    a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing
  2. noun
    a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
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    trimtoestel
    sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises
  3. noun
    a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
    synonyms: officier, ridder
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    schaakstuk, stuk
    any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
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