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# pony

noun (a pony, ponies)

«pony» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pony is a kind of small horse that stays small even when fully grown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#m1)
2. Informally, «pony» is a word some people use for a horse that children ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life many children learn to ride on ponies at riding schools and pony clubs; ponies are strong for their size, clever and can live in harsh places like moors (such as Shetland and Dartmoor ponies). In stories ponies are pets and companions. Phrases: «pony ride», «pony club», «Shetland pony», «ponytail» (hair tied back).

### Examples

- I rode a pony at the farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x1)
- A pony is shorter than most horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x2)
- Shetland ponies are small but very strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x3)
- We saw wild ponies on Dartmoor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x4)
- She grooms her pony every morning before school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x5)
- The pony trotted round the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x6)
- My sister wears her hair in a ponytail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x7)
- Always walk behind a pony with care; it may kick if startled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x8)
- When the bewildered woman reached her dwelling, she mounted a pony and rode swiftly across the rolling land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/#x9)

### Note

Plural «ponies» (y changes to ies). A baby horse or pony is a «foal», not a pony. A pony is measured in «hands» (up to about 14.2 hands). Safety: approach a pony from the side so it can see you.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pony» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pony/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pony» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pony.html) on Mova free.