horn

noun

1. 1

   A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

2. 2

   Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.

3. 3

   An antler.

4. 4

   The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.

   an umbrella with a handle made of horn

5. 5

   A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.

   horns of mead and ale

   The one brought out a filled up horn.

   I guarantee you a mighty feast, horns of ale, and afterwards wrestling and racing and contests of strength.

6. 6

   An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil. One of the two corners of a crescent, particularly of the crescent moon

   [W]hile riſing ſlow, / Blank, in the leaden-colour'd eaſt, the moon / Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.

7. 7

   An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil. The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.

8. 8

   An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil. The Ionic volute.

9. 9

   An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil. The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.

10. 10

    An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil. A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.

11. 11

    An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil. One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.

    Joab […] caught hold on the horns of the altar

12. 12

    Any of several musical wind instruments.

13. 13

    An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.

    hunting horn

14. 14

    A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

15. 15

    A sound signaling the expiration of time.

    The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.

16. 16

    A conical device used to direct waves.

    antenna horn

    loudspeaker horn

17. 17

    informalGenerally, any brass wind instrument.

18. 18

    slangA telephone.

    Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this.

19. 19

    slangAn erection of the penis.

20. 20

    A peninsula or projecting tract of land.

    to navigate around the horn

    But nowhere are there queerer waters than in our own parish of Caulds, at the place called the Sker Bay, where between two horns of land a shallow estuary receives the stream of the Sker.

21. 21

    A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.

22. 22

    An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

23. 23

    In naval mine warfare, a projection from the mine shell of some contact mines which, when broken or bent by contact, causes the mine to fire.

verb

1. 1

   Of an animal, to assault with the horns.

2. 2

   To furnish with horns.

3. 3

   obsoleteTo cuckold.

4. 4

   To sound the horn of a motor vehicle; to honk.

   , His Precious Gem He horned five times but the man didn't moved his car away.

Forms

plural

horns

past tense

horned

past participle

horned

present participle

horning

third person singular

horns