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foal

Pronunciation:  fowl

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a young horse
  2. [v]  give birth to a foal, of a mare
 
 See Also: bear, birth, colt, deliver, Equus caballus, filly, give birth, have, horse, young mammal

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Foal\, n. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G.
    fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lf?le, Gr. ?, L. pullus a
    young animal. Cf. {Filly}, {Poultry}, {Pullet}.] (Zo["o].)
    The young of any animal of the Horse family {(Equid[ae])}; a
    colt; a filly.
    
    {Foal teeth} (Zo["o]l.), the first set of teeth of a horse.
    
    
    {In foal}, {With foal}, being with young; pregnant; -- said
       of a mare or she ass.
    
    
  2. \Foal\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Foaled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Foaling}.]
    To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.
    
    
  3. \Foal\, v.i.
    To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
    
    
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing a foal in your dream means new undertakings and emergence of fresh energy.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, birdling, brood mare, calf, calve, cast, catling, charger, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, courser, critter, cub, dobbin, dogie, drop, duckling, entire, entire horse, equine, farrow, fawn, filly, fledgling, fryer, gelding, give birth, gosling, have, have a baby, have young, horse, Houyhnhnm, kid, kit, kitten, labor, lamb, lambkin, lie in, litter, mare, mount, nag, nest, nestling, piglet, pigling, polliwog, prancer, pullet, pup, puppy, shoat, stallion, steed, stud, studhorse, tadpole, tarpan, throw, top horse, travail, war-horse, weaner, whelp, wild horse, yean, yeanling
 

 

 

 

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