harness
harness is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.
- noun. The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
- noun. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- transitive verb. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.
- transitive verb. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.
- transitive verb. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.
- noun. stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- noun. a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- verb. keep in check
"rule one's temper"
- verb. exploit the power of
"harness natural forces and resources"
- verb. put a harness
"harness the horse"
- verb. control and direct with or as if by reins
"rein a horse"
Synonyms
Common word forms
harnessed, harnesser, harnesses, harnessing, harnessless
Words from these letters
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