Horn
noun
Hard pointed part seen on the heads of some animals like cows, rhinos.
The bull's horn gored the matador.
Often appears as...
- bull's horn
- horn of a cow
noun
Instrument used to make loud sound.
He blew the horn to notify the other drivers.
Often appears as...
- car horn
- blow a horn
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Music instrument like trumpet or saxophone.
John played a beautiful melody on his horn.
Often appears as...
- play the horn
- french horn
noun
Mountain peak.
We reached the horn of the mountain at sunrise.
Often appears as...
- mountain horn
- reach the horn
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A warning signal.
He gave me the horn to back off.
Often appears as...
- car horn
- give the horn
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Corner or end of something.
She grabbed the horn of the table to steady herself.
Often appears as...
- table horn
- grab the horn
noun
The part of the saddle in front facing upwards.
He held onto the horn of the saddle during the bumpy ride.
Often appears as...
- saddle horn
- hold the horn
noun
Hard pointed part seen on the heads of some animals like cows, rhinos.
The bull's horn gored the matador.
Often appears as...
- bull's horn
- horn of a cow
noun
Instrument used to make loud sound.
He blew the horn to notify the other drivers.
Often appears as...
- car horn
- blow a horn
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Music instrument like trumpet or saxophone.
John played a beautiful melody on his horn.
Often appears as...
- play the horn
- french horn
noun
Mountain peak.
We reached the horn of the mountain at sunrise.
Often appears as...
- mountain horn
- reach the horn
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A warning signal.
He gave me the horn to back off.
Often appears as...
- car horn
- give the horn
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Corner or end of something.
She grabbed the horn of the table to steady herself.
Often appears as...
- table horn
- grab the horn
noun
The part of the saddle in front facing upwards.
He held onto the horn of the saddle during the bumpy ride.
Often appears as...
- saddle horn
- hold the horn
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Pro Tip 1/2Animal Detail
Use 'horn' to talk about the specific type or feature of an animal's horn.
The ram's spiral horns are striking.
Pro Tip 2/2Animal Symbolism
'Horn' may symbolize strength or aggression in stories or cultures.
In ancient tales, creatures with horns were often formidable.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Detail
Use 'horn' to talk about the specific type or feature of an animal's horn.
The ram's spiral horns are striking.
Pro Tip 2/2Animal Symbolism
'Horn' may symbolize strength or aggression in stories or cultures.
In ancient tales, creatures with horns were often formidable.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Detail
Use 'horn' to talk about the specific type or feature of an animal's horn.
The ram's spiral horns are striking.
Pro Tip 2/2Animal Symbolism
'Horn' may symbolize strength or aggression in stories or cultures.
In ancient tales, creatures with horns were often formidable.
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Taboo to You: Eyeball...
gonna go with the horns because the eye is just way too much for me that's just too much I don't know about that I tend to stuff I guess the attitude would be more taboo so your seventeen-year-old daughter comes home and says I want to tattoo my eyeballs dad what are you saying I'd be thrilled that she was discussing it in advance
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How Do Giraffes MATE! PIPE...
So they are called ossicones. If you tell a giraffe keeper, well, why have they got horns? they're ossicones, we get a bit touchy about that. Ossicones, the males will use them for fighting other males, and the females use them to protect their young from predators.
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Seven Superpowered...
this power of mimicry allows the crested horn shark to infiltrate port jackson shark territory searching for eggs to steal though they look really similar the crested horn shark is actually one of the most common predators of port jackson shark eggs but like i said
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The myth of Thor's...
which weakens everyone eventually. As for the other challenges, they had also been illusions. The drinking horn was filled with the ocean, and Thor had drained enough to cause the tides. The cat was the serpent that encircles the world,
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
everything that they might want to eat has tusks horns hooves just imagine what it would be like if every single time you wanted to have a meal you had to put your life at risk that's effectively what's happening for this leopard here
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Rhinos For Sale PIPE...
in policy arenas right now ranchers on the ground have a serious poaching problem to protect their animals they're tracking down all of the rhinos on their ranches tranquilizing them and shearing down their horns to Nub's
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Beloved Rhino Prepares...
horns over 70 percent of the entire world population is in one park in india and if that park got hit by disease flooding civil war it could be disastrous and if that happened captive-bred rhinos like behan's baby
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Adorable Baby Animal...
manji means place of the stars and he's a star this is star in my life he's the youngest rhino that petronel has ever rescued okay drop some first at just two days his mother was killed by poachers for her horn
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The math and magic of...
This, too, is origami, and this shows where we've gone in the modern world. Naturalism. Detail. You can get horns, antlers -- even, if you look close, cloven hooves. And it raises a what changed?
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Innovative and cost...
brings the point where has the chemical engineer worked if you look at those refugee comes in the Horn of Africa and spot of Africa have laid my foot in
Video examples
Taboo to You: Eyeball...
gonna go with the horns because the eye is just way too much for me that's just too much I don't know about that I tend to stuff I guess the attitude would be more taboo so your seventeen-year-old daughter comes home and says I want to tattoo my eyeballs dad what are you saying I'd be thrilled that she was discussing it in advance
Video examples
How Do Giraffes MATE! PIPE...
So they are called ossicones. If you tell a giraffe keeper, well, why have they got horns? they're ossicones, we get a bit touchy about that. Ossicones, the males will use them for fighting other males, and the females use them to protect their young from predators.
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
this power of mimicry allows the crested horn shark to infiltrate port jackson shark territory searching for eggs to steal though they look really similar the crested horn shark is actually one of the most common predators of port jackson shark eggs but like i said
Video examples
The myth of Thor's...
which weakens everyone eventually. As for the other challenges, they had also been illusions. The drinking horn was filled with the ocean, and Thor had drained enough to cause the tides. The cat was the serpent that encircles the world,
Video examples
Nail-Biting Leopard...
everything that they might want to eat has tusks horns hooves just imagine what it would be like if every single time you wanted to have a meal you had to put your life at risk that's effectively what's happening for this leopard here
Video examples
Rhinos For Sale PIPE...
in policy arenas right now ranchers on the ground have a serious poaching problem to protect their animals they're tracking down all of the rhinos on their ranches tranquilizing them and shearing down their horns to Nub's
Video examples
Beloved Rhino Prepares...
horns over 70 percent of the entire world population is in one park in india and if that park got hit by disease flooding civil war it could be disastrous and if that happened captive-bred rhinos like behan's baby
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
manji means place of the stars and he's a star this is star in my life he's the youngest rhino that petronel has ever rescued okay drop some first at just two days his mother was killed by poachers for her horn
Video examples
The math and magic of...
This, too, is origami, and this shows where we've gone in the modern world. Naturalism. Detail. You can get horns, antlers -- even, if you look close, cloven hooves. And it raises a what changed?
Video examples
Innovative and cost...
brings the point where has the chemical engineer worked if you look at those refugee comes in the Horn of Africa and spot of Africa have laid my foot in
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Quote examples
Trombone Shorty
American Musician
There's a lot of music at my fingertips that I can be influenced by. And just because I play a horn, I don't need to sound, or try to capture, what was happening before me. I can just respect it and learn from it.
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Brandon Jenner
American Musician
Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure: no matter how organized we are, or how well we plan, we can always expect the unexpected.
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John Frusciante
American Musician
And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.
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Wayne Shorter
American Musician
I always say that music is a small drop in the ocean of life. I was told a long time ago that your horn, or whatever instrument you play, is a means to be in the world.
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Richard Donner
American Director
It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the films, it just hurt the moment of the filmmaking.
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Angelina Jolie
American Actress
I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.
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Flying Lotus
American Musician
Truth be told, I think jazz is a mind-set. It's not necessarily, like, this guy picked up a horn and did this or whatever.
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Rutger Hauer
Dutch Actor
Most of the real bad guys in the world are people like you and me; they're not stupid, and you can't smell their horns.
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John Coltrane
American Musician
Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.
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Sarah Vaughan
American Musician
Horns always influenced me more than voices.
Quote examples
Trombone Shorty
American Musician
There's a lot of music at my fingertips that I can be influenced by. And just because I play a horn, I don't need to sound, or try to capture, what was happening before me. I can just respect it and learn from it.
Quote examples
Brandon Jenner
American Musician
Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure: no matter how organized we are, or how well we plan, we can always expect the unexpected.
Quote examples
John Frusciante
American Musician
And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.
Quote examples
Wayne Shorter
American Musician
I always say that music is a small drop in the ocean of life. I was told a long time ago that your horn, or whatever instrument you play, is a means to be in the world.
Quote examples
Richard Donner
American Director
It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the films, it just hurt the moment of the filmmaking.
Quote examples
Angelina Jolie
American Actress
I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.
Quote examples
Flying Lotus
American Musician
Truth be told, I think jazz is a mind-set. It's not necessarily, like, this guy picked up a horn and did this or whatever.
Quote examples
Rutger Hauer
Dutch Actor
Most of the real bad guys in the world are people like you and me; they're not stupid, and you can't smell their horns.
Quote examples
John Coltrane
American Musician
Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.
Quote examples
Sarah Vaughan
American Musician
Horns always influenced me more than voices.
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