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Unhorse

To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.

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Descend 76% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dismount 74% connected

To come down; to descend.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dismount 74% connected

To come down; to descend.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dismount 92% connected

To come down; to descend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Light 92% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Alight verb · 78% connection

To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Amble verb · 78% connection

To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Avale v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To descend; to fall; to dismount.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Calash noun · 78% connection

A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Cavort verb · 78% connection

To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.

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Chassis noun · 78% connection

A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See G…

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Coupe noun · 78% connection

A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Demount verb · 78% connection

To dismount.

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Dishorse verb · 78% connection

To dismount.

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Dismounted imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Dismount

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Dismounting p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Dismount

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Drive verb · 78% connection

To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Drosky noun · 78% connection

A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a s…

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Estrapade noun · 78% connection

The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.

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Far adjective · 78% connection

The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider…

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Flounce verb · 78% connection

To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Forehand noun · 78% connection

All that part of a horse which is before the rider.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: throw, horse, cause, dismount, take.
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Hack noun · 78% connection

A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunti…

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