Definition of foal
: a young animal of the horse family; especially : one under one year
in foal
: pregnant 4
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Recent Examples of foal from the Web
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The most recent Jockey Club report shows the state’s foal crop dropped 45 percent between 1995 and 2015, leaving California with just 8.2 percent of the overall North American total.
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The inaugural event gained global notoriety as the place where the first foal from Frankel, a British thoroughbred horse that went undefeated during a 14-race career, was sold.
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Now in foal to a stallion called Le Havre, and a year on the CHC are planning on selling rather than buying.
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Those mares produced six foals, with one ready to be born any day now, Buonanno said in late May. Esther Buonanno is the daughter of Linda Smith Buonanno, who owns Tempel Farms with her sister, Martha Smith.
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These foals are up on their feet within two hours of being born and drinking from their moms.
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That puts it at 1.9 percent of the 2014 foals being eligible for what is almost every horse owner's dream.
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Foal Ct., 8582-Christopher Pedzich to Katherine Keiser and James Edward Gilbert, $479,900.
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Too wild to be domesticated—in captivity, Przewalski stallions were aggressive, often fought each other, and killed foals—their numbers were decimated by habitat loss and hunters by the early 1900s.
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Origin and Etymology of foal
Middle English fole, from Old English fola; akin to Latin pullus young of an animal, Greek pais child — more at few
foal
Definition of foal
intransitive verb
: to give birth to a foal
transitive verb
: to give birth to (a foal)
Examples of foal in a Sentence
The mare will foal in June.
First Known Use of foal
14th century
FOAL Defined for English Language Learners
foal
playDefinition of foal for English Language Learners
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: a young horse; especially : a horse that is less than one year old
foal
Definition of foal for English Language Learners
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: to give birth to a foal
FOAL Defined for Kids
Definition of foal for Students
: a young animal of the horse family especially when less than one year old
Definition of foal for Students
foaled
;foaling
: to give birth to a baby horse The mare will foal soon.
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of foal
: the young of an animal of the horse family; especially : one less than one year old
foal
Medical Definition of foal
: to give birth to a foal
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