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harness

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˈhɑrnəs/ · UK /ˈhɑːnɪs/

harness means: A set of straps worn around your body to support you or stop you from falling.

noun

SAFETY STRAPSB2

A set of straps worn around your body to support you or stop you from falling.

  • Put on your safety harness.
  • The climber attached her rope to the harness.
  • Workers checked their harnesses before climbing onto the roof.

Common phrases: safety harness, climbing harness, wear a harness, secure the harness

ANIMAL STRAPSB2

A set of straps fitted around an animal to control it or let it pull something.

  • The horse wore a leather harness.
  • She put a harness on the dog before their walk.
  • Check the harness before attaching the cart.

Common phrases: horse harness, dog harness, leather harness, fit a harness

SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKC2

A set of software tools that helps run or test other software.

  • The harness runs all our tests.
  • We built a test harness for the new program.
  • This harness records errors after each test.

Similar words: framework

Common phrases: test harness, software harness, build a harness

AI AGENT CONTROLC2

A software system that manages AI agents and their tools while they work on code.

  • The harness gives the agent access to tools.
  • Our coding harness saves progress after each task.
  • Different harnesses can give the same AI model different abilities.

Common phrases: agent harness, coding harness, harness engineering

verb

USE POWERC1

To bring power or other useful things under control and use them for a purpose.

  • We can harness the power of the sun.
  • The team harnessed her talent to improve the design.
  • How can we harness this technology to help farmers?

How to use it: harness something to do something (They harness wind energy to produce electricity.)

Similar words: use, utilize

Common phrases: harness energy, harness solar power, harness someone’s talent, harness the potential

FIT ANIMAL STRAPSC1

To put straps around an animal, often so it can pull a cart or other load.

  • The farmer harnessed the horses.
  • We harness the pony before loading the cart.
  • Have you harnessed the oxen to the plough?

How to use it: harness an animal to something (He harnessed the pony to a small cart.)

Similar words: yoke

Opposites: unharness

Common phrases: harness a horse, harness the oxen, harness a pony

Questions about harness

What does harness mean?

A set of straps worn around your body to support you or stop you from falling.

What is harness in other languages?

Türkçe: emniyet kemeri · Español: arnés de seguridad · Français: harnais de sécurité · Deutsch: Sicherheitsgurt · Italiano: imbracatura · 日本語: 安全帯

How do you pronounce harness?

In American English /ˈhɑrnəs/; in British English /ˈhɑːnɪs/.

How do you use harness in a sentence?

Put on your safety harness. The climber attached her rope to the harness.

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