horned Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
    tusk; horn.
    • the rhino horned the explorer
  2. adjective having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind
    • horned viper
    • great horned owl
    • the unicorn--a mythical horned beast
    • long-horned cattle

WordNet

Horned adjective
Definitions
  1. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
    The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. Coleridge.

Webster 1913