Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: foal
IPA transcription: [f'oʊl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: foal
    Meaning: a young horse
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: foal
    Meaning: give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"
Usage examples
  • The prince did as he was bid, and the mare and her foal stood before him.
  • But if he fails to keep the foal and its mother safe on any one of the three nights his head will pay.'
  • 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.
  • But no one can ever get this horse without first serving the old woman for three whole days. And besides the horses she has a foal and its mother, and the man who serves her must look after them for three whole days, and if he does not let them run away he will in the end get the choice of any horse as a present from the old woman.
  • So when it began to grow dark the prince mounted the mare for the second time and rode into the meadows, and the foal trotted behind its mother. Again he managed to stick on till midnight: then a sleep overtook him that he could not battle against, and when he woke up he found himself, as before, sitting on the log, with the halter in his hands.