Horn
91horn — [OE] Horn belongs to a very large Indo European word family that has made an enormous number of contributions to English. Its ultimate source is Indo European *ker , whose offspring predominantly denote ‘animal’s horn’, but also include words for …
92horn — One of a pair of pointy projections, either straight, curved or helical, which have grown from the head of an animal. The animals that have horns include cows, sheep, goats, antelope, and their relatives. The rhinoceros is an exception because …
93horn — 1. n. the nose. □ He scratched his horn with his pencil and opened his mouth to speak. □ He had the most humongous horn I have ever seen on man or beast. 2. n. the telephone. □ Get Mrs. Wilson on the horn, please …
94Horn — Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the tip, used for various purposes (Josh. 6:4, 5). Flasks or vessels were made of horn (1 Sam. 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39). But the word is used also metaphorically to denote the projecting corners… …
95Horn — Фамилия Horn, Хорн, Вальтер Рихард Герман (1871 1939) немецкий энтомолог. Horn, Хорн, Джордж Генри (1840 1892) американский энтомолог. Horn, Horn немецкий музыкальный one man проект (основан в 2003 году музыкантом, играющий под псевдонимом… …
96Horn — 1. Wohnstättenname zu mhd. horn »Horn, hervorragende Spitze«: »wohnhaft an einem Berg /Ufervorsprung«. Als Flurname ist Horn sehr verbreitet. 2. Berufsübername für den Hornverarbeiter oder den Hornbläser. 3. Herkunftsname zu dem gleich lautenden… …
97horn — m ( es/ as) horn (musical instrument, drinking horn, cupping horn), beast s horn; projection, pinnacle …
98horn — n. 1) to blow, sound a horn 2) (misc.) on the horns of a dilemma ( in a dilemma ); to lock horns with ( to come into conflict with ); to take the bull by the horns ( to confront a problem boldly ); (AE) to blow/ toot one s own horn ( to boast ) * …
99horn — n 1. cornu, antler, projection; crest, tuft, plume, topknot, coxcomb; spike, spine, quill, feeler, tentacle, (in aphids) cornicle. 2. corn, callous, calloused or toughened or hardened skin. 3. cornucopia, horn of plenty, conch, cornet, pirou ette …
100horn in — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms horn in : present tense I/you/we/they horn in he/she/it horns in present participle horning in past tense horned in past participle horned in informal to try to become involved in something that other people …
