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Meaning harness meaning

What does harness mean?

harness

— 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 put a harness harness the horse — verb exploit the power of harness natural forces and resources — 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 — verb (= rein) control and direct with or as if by reins rein a horse — verb (= rule) keep in check rule one's temper

Synonyms harness synonyms

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harness English » English

yoke tackle rein utilize hitch up gear rein in collar use tie tack saddle rule hitch halter equipment draw rein breastplate attach armour armor yokes yoke together utilization utilise trappings tie up team tame tableware strap stifle stay squelch span sling shield sheeting sheathing safety-belt rope restrain pull obtund moderate mobilize mobilise make use of lock together leash

Topics harness topics

What do people use harness to talk about?
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Beast of burden

Conjugation harness conjugation

How do you conjugate harness?

harness · verb

Examples harness examples

How do I use harness in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

HARNESS THE HORSES!
I wish I could feed a mouse to be as big as a horse, harness him with a can't and go to a wide field.
She said we could give ourselves air and get slicked up like racehorses. but we were just mules in horse harness and we didn't fool anybody.
No more mule in horse's harness?
Go and help the stable boys harness the horse for the vicar.
But when I went to the barn the next morning, it was gone. and two sets of harness with it!
Top of this car fits me a lot better. than that harness horse I was just astride of.
And, Dude, see if you can find some harness.
We will force him to harness the lightning for you.
You can harness the lightning, as your father did.
If you had the harness buckled down to the reel. that fish would have taken you along with him.
I've learned how to take this harness off.
At least we'll die with harness on our back.
I only buy chairs and harness. So the shoemaker shoes.
Harness the horses!
Not as bad as I thought. We'll build her a nice harness. and she'll have to wear it for about a year.
She said we could give ourselves air and get slicked up like racehorses but we were just mules in horse harness and we didn't fool anybody.
I've placed some bread and beer for this person in the harness room.
Diamonds, horses, the strap, the oats, then the harness.
And it gives me great pleasure to welcome Beaver Greenway back to the harness game by awarding him the trophy for having won the Governor's Stake.
I only buy chairs and harness.
You'll find harness in the barn.
And in a single stroke, harness power beyond the wildest dreams of science.
That you're back in harness?
Gus, harness the horses.
The harness bull's okay.
I've placed some bread and beer for this person in the harness room. Have you now?
Well, it certainly is great to see Larry Wilson back in harness, all right, all right.
A broken-down old harness bull, no good for anything but chasing kids has to trip over us.
He's got to harness the horse.
Doc says you're to harness the horse.
Even now, your scientists are working on a way to harness the sun's rays.

News and current affairs

The key is to harness existing infrastructure.
In today's global economy, however, international competitive advantage is mostly based upon knowledge and the capacity to harness knowledge in new technologies.
Medicine of the 21 st century will have a new paradigm as the focus turns inward, to understand and harness the ways our bodies function on the molecular and cellular levels.
These are powerful forces for change, and embattled governments should harness them to the goal of achieving the reengineering they so urgently need.
Global cities compete to provide an ideal life and work environment for innovators, and to harness their creativity to become stronger and more competitive still.
In theory, any developing country that can harness its latecomer's advantage to achieve technological and industrial upgrading can grow faster than developed countries.
Second, we need to harness the creativity and commitment of young students, so that they understand the devastating impact of bad pharmaceuticals and become motivated to make a difference in people's lives.
We can harness safe nuclear energy, lower the cost of solar power, or capture and safely store the CO2 produced from burning fossil fuels.
Some political leaders explain that nuclear fusion is at work in the sun, and that, thanks to ITER, we will harness it.
Similarly, will governments and institutions be able to adapt fast enough to harness change, or will they be overwhelmed by it?
They are mostly unable to harness advanced scientific knowledge to protect their citizens or participate in global negotiations on the challenges of climate, water, energy, biodiversity, and the like.
Above all, we must develop new business models that allow society to better harness the know-how, creativity, and drive of private enterprises to help improve public health.
When Turkey became a democracy in 1950, the previous system's secular Kemalist elites attempted to harness the power of the military and the bureaucracy to control the elected government.
This would harness the ECB's resources without formally violating the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which forbids central-bank financing for governments.
A global response also must harness the extraordinary potential of civil society and the private sector.
With this in mind, EU leaders should be working to encourage and harness the generosity of some, while containing and resisting the selfishness and xenophobia of others.
The World Bank Group and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), are trying to harness this potential to support national education systems.
Governments, politicians, and international organizations must harness the potential of the Internet to serve global development and individual empowerment.
As China is now able to harness its own technological might to produce sophisticated weapons, Russia's usefulness in this area is waning fast.
In the face of globalization's growing challenges, the only force strong enough to harness the Maghreb's enormous economic potential is shared political will.
Every post-World War II government has always been willing to harness Germany's financial strength to further that aim, i.e., to foot the bill for Europe.
If Europe can successfully manage this role, US-China tensions can be overcome, offering the entire world the opportunity to harness and benefit from the strength of its two largest economies.

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