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horo

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to slip, fall, crumble down, fall off, waste away.

I te kaha o taku tarapekepeke, ka horo rā te wāhi nei (HP 1991:21). / Because I was jumping about so much, this part slipped away.

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2. (verb) to fall, taken (of a ), 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.

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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.

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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.

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Synonyms: horo whenua, horohoro

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