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Verb
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foals, plural;
  1. (of a mare) Give birth to a foal

  2. (of a foal) Be born

Noun
  1. A young horse or related animal

  1. a young horse
  2. give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"
  3. A foal is an equine, particularly a horse, that is one year old or younger. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, but these terms are used until the horse is age three or four. When the foal is nursing from its dam (mother), it may also be called a suckling. ...
  4. (Foaling) Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. ...
  5. Foals are a Mercury Prize nominated 5-piece band from Oxford, England. They are currently signed to Transgressive Records in the UK and Sub Pop in the USA. They released their debut album Antidotes on 24 March 2008 in the UK, and 8 April 2008 in the USA. ...
  6. A young horse, especially just after birth or less than a year old; To give birth; to bear offspring
  7. (Foaled) May 22, 1997 on Ashland Farm in Canada
  8. To dream of a foal, indicates new undertakings in which you will be rather fortunate.
  9. A male or female under a year old. The female is a 'filly foal,' the male a 'colt foal.' In the West, all foals may be called 'colts,' so the female is a 'filly colt' and the male a 'horse colt.'
  10. A baby horse usually still suckling
  11. All baby horses are called foals.
  12. Newly born Thoroughbred, or until weaned. Male or female.
  13. A newly-born horse. (Noun) The act of giving birth. (Verb)
  14. a newborn horse, without making reference to the sex of the animal, see Mare, e.g., "Stephen's inventory revealed a mare with foal."
  15. A horse that has not reached its first birthday (all thoroughbreds take 1st January as their birthday)
  16. A newborn male or female horse. A horse is considered a foal until it is weaned.
  17. Colt, Gelding or filly up to a year old.
  18. The young offspring of a thoroughbred.
  19. A young, unweaned horse of either sex.
  20. age of a horse of either sex from birth until 1st January the following year
  21. A baby horse or pony still at its mother's side of either sex.
  22. A horse (either male or female) less than a year old. A nursing foal is sometimes called a suckling and a foal that has been weaned is called a weanling. Most domesticated horses are weaned at 5 to 7 months of age, although commercial breeders often wean much earlier.
  23. 1. A young horse of either gender under the age of one year.^ Derives from the Anglo-Saxon word fola.^ May be qualified by gender: colt foal, filly foal.  2. Foaling or to foal (verb): the act of a mare giving birth.^
  24. the offspring of  a dam.  The foaling season for Thoroughbreds officially commences on 1^st August in the Southern Hemisphere and 1^st January in the Northern Hemisphere each year.  Foals born on or after that date officially turn one year old (yearlings) on the following 1^st August. ...
  25. a horse in its first year of life.