OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 16952

harness

/ˈhɑː.nəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aparejar • arrear
To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from b…
They harnessed the horse to the post.
aprovechar • emplear • explotar • instrumentalizar • utilizar
To capture, control or put to use.
Imagine what might happen if it were possible to harness solar energy fully.
Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut thr…