هصر1 هَصَرَهُ, (S, A, K,) and هَصَرَ بِهِ, (S, K,) aor. ـِ (K,) inf. n. هَصْرٌ, (A, K,) He pulled it: and he inclined it: or he pulled and inclined it: (A, K, TA [but in the last of these, only هَصَرَهُ is given in this sense, agreeably with the A:]) he brought it near; (K;) which is near in meaning to “ he inclined it: ” (TA:) he took hold of its (a branch's) head and inclined it towards him: (S:) or he inclined it (a branch) towards him: (A:) or he bent it (a branch) and drew it towards him: (Mgh:) he bent it; namely, a pliant thing, such as a branch and the like: (A, K:) and he broke it without separating: (K:) or he bent it, namely, anything: (A, * K:) as also ↓ اهتصرهُ. (K.) Imra-el-Keys says, (S, TA,) using the verb tropically, (TA,) فَلَمَّا تَنَازَعْنَا الحَدِيثَ وَأَسْمَحَتْ هَصَرْتُ بِغُصْنٍ ذِى شَمَارِيخَ مَيَّالِ And when we discoursed together, and she became compliant, I pulled, (TA,) or, laying hold of its head, inclined towards me, (S,) a branch with fruit-stalks, waving from side to side: the poet meaning, by the branch, her body, because bending, and soft or supple, like a branch, and likening her hair to the fruit-stalks of the raceme of a palm-tree, in respect of its abundance and luxuriance. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., respecting the building of the mosque of Kubà, رَفَعَ حَجَرًا ثَقِيلًا فَهَصَرَهُ إِلَى بَطْنِهِ He raised a heavy stone, and inclined it towards his belly. (TA.) And in another trad., كَانَ إِذَا رَكَعَ هَصَرَ ظَهْرَهُ He used, when he bowed himself [in prayer], to bend down his back towards the ground: (TA:) or هَصَرَ ظَهْرَهُ signifies he bent his back much, making it even with his neck. (Mgh.) b2: (tropical:)  He pushed him or it; so accord. to all the copies of the K; but accord. to other authorities, (tropical:)  he pressed or squeezed, him or it: and he pressed, or squeezed, him or it vehemently. (TA.) You say, هَصَرَ قِرْنَهُ, aor.  and inf. n. as above, (tropical:)  He pressed, or squeezed, his adversary. (TA.) b3:  Also, (K,) or هَصَرَهُ [alone], (S,) (assumed tropical:)  He broke it; (S, K;) as also ↓ اهتصرهُ. (S.) You say of a lion, هَصَرَ الفَرِيسَةَ, (A, TA,) aor.  and inf. n. as above, (tropical:)  He broke [the neck of] the prey, and inclined it towards him. (TA.) And هَصَرَ رَأْسَ الفَرِيسَةِ, and بِرَأْسِهَا, (A, TA,) (tropical:)  He [broke the head of, or] slew the prey. (TA.) A2:  هَصِرَ جَدُّهُ, aor. ـَ [inf. n. هَصَرٌ,] (tropical:)  His good fortune declined. (TA.) 5 تَهَصَّرَ see 7.7 انهصر and ↓ اهتصر It became pulled: and it became inclined: or it became pulled and inclined: it was brought near: it (a pliant thing, such as a branch and the like,) bent: it broke, without separating: or it (anything) bent: (K:) or it (a branch) inclined and bent: (TA:) or fell upon the ground: (AHn, TA:) and ↓ تهصّر it (a branch) hung down, or was pendent. (TA.) [It seems to be implied in the K that انهصر and ↓ اهتصر are quasi-passives of هَصَرَهُ in all its senses.]8 اهتصر: see 7.A2:  اهتصرهُ: see 1, in two places. b2:  اهتصر النَّخْلَةَ He placed the racemes of the palm-tree upon the branches, and put them straight or even. (T, K.) هَصِرٌ (tropical:)  A man who presses, or squeezes, vehemently; as also ↓ هُصَرٌ. (TA.) b2:  (tropical:)  The lion; as also ↓ هُصَرٌ and ↓ هُصَرَةٌ (K) and ↓ هَصُورٌ (S, K) and ↓ هَصْوَرٌ and ↓ هَصَوْرَةٌ (K) and ↓ هَصَّارٌ (S, K) and ↓ هَاصِرٌ (K) and ↓ هَيْصَرٌ (S, K [in the CK ↓ هَيْصُورٌ]) and ↓ هَيْصَارٌ and ↓ مِهْصَرٌ and ↓ مِهْصَارٌ and ↓ مِهْصِيرٌ and ↓ مُهْتَصِرق: (K:) or هَصُورٌ is an epithet applied to a lion, (A, TA,) as also ↓ هَصَّارٌ and ↓ هَيْصَرٌ [&c.], (A,) signifying, that slays and breaks: (TA:) pl. [of هَاصِرٌ] هَوَاصِرُ and [poeticè]هَوَاصِيرُ. (TA.) A2:  جَدٌّ هَصِرٌ (tropical:)  Declining good fortune. (TA.) هُصَرٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هُصَرَةٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَصُورٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَصْوَرٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَصُورَةٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَصَّارٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَاصِرٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَيْصَرٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَيْصَارٌ: see هَصِرٌ.هَيْصُورٌ: see هَصِرٌ.مِهْصَرٌ: see هَصِرٌ.مِهْصَارٌ: see هَصِرٌ.مِهْصِيرٌ: see هَصِرٌ.مُهْتَصِرٌ: see هَصِرٌ.