foal

[ fohl ]

/ foʊl /

noun

a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.

verb (used with or without object)

to give birth to (a colt or filly).

Origin of foal

before 950; (noun) Middle English fole, Old English fola; cognate with Old High German folo (German Fohlen); akin to Latin pullus young animal, Greek pôlos foal; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM foal

un·foaled, adjective

Words nearby foal

fn, fnma, fo, fo'c's'le, fo., foal, foam, foam at the mouth, foam cell, foam glass, foam rubber

Example sentences from the Web for foal

She should enjoy the limelight while it lasts, because she will soon be expected to produce a foal a year.

Can These Two Horses Save Racing? |Sally Denton |June 4, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Certainly,” answered her husband, “if our ass has a foal we shall have two asses.

Sagas from the Far East |Various
For as the lion's whelp may be called a lion, or the horse's foal a foal, so the son of a king may be called a king.

Cratylus |Plato
The only person who missed the foal was its mother, who stretched out her neck toward the entrance of the stall and brayed.

Under the Shadow of Etna |Giovanni Verga

If any mare happens to be unruly, her foal is brought, and allowed to suck a little, after which the milker again succeeds.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. I |Robert Kerr
The prince did as he was bid, and as the hair touched his fingers the wolf changed back into a mare, with the foal beside her.

The Violet Fairy Book |Various

British Dictionary definitions for foal

foal

/ (fəʊl) /

noun

the young of a horse or related animal

verb

to give birth to (a foal)

Word Origin for foal

Old English fola; related to Old Frisian fola, Old High German folo foal, Latin pullus young creature, Greek pōlos foal

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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foal

noun

verb (used with or without object)

Origin of foal

OTHER WORDS FROM foal

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Example sentences from the Web for foal

British Dictionary definitions for foal

noun

verb

Word Origin for foal

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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foal

noun

verb (used with or without object)

Origin of foal

OTHER WORDS FROM foal

Words nearby foal

Words related to foal

Example sentences from the Web for foal

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noun

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