2. (verb) to fall, taken (of a pā), captured (of a fortress, etc.).
E toru ngā rā o taua hokowhitu e whakaeke ana i taua pā, kīhai hoki i horo (TP 3/1913:6). / That army spent three days attacking that pā, but it did not fall.
See also horonga
3. (verb) break (as a wave).
Kia mārama atu taku nei titiro ngā ngaru e horo ngā matakūrae o Honipaka i waho (M 2004:210). / I could clearly see the waves breaking beyond the headlands of Albatross Point.
4. (noun) landslide, landslip.
I horo tētahi pukepuke, e rua ngā whare i tāpukea, he hōtēra tētahi, i mate hoki te rangatira o taua whare i te horo (TP 6/1904:11). / A hill slipped, two houses were buried, one was an hotel, and the proprietor of that building died in the landslide.
Synonyms: horo whenua, horohoro
