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Hurdle

see synonyms of hurdle

Noun

1. hurdle

a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races

2. hurdle

an obstacle that you are expected to overcome

Example Sentences:
'the last hurdle before graduation'

3. hurdle, vault

the act of jumping over an obstacle

Verb

4. hurdle

jump a hurdle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hurdle

see synonyms of hurdle
noun
1. 
a. athletics
one of a number of light barriers over which runners leap in certain events
b. 
a low barrier used in certain horse races
2. 
an obstacle to be overcome
3. 
a light framework of interlaced osiers, wattle, etc, used as a temporary fence
4. British
a sledge on which criminals were dragged to their executions
verb
5. 
to jump (a hurdle, etc), as in racing
6. (transitive)
to surround with hurdles
7. (transitive)
to overcome

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hurdle

see synonyms of hurdle
noun
1.  Chiefly British
a portable frame made of interlaced twigs, etc., used as a temporary fence or enclosure
2. 
a kind of frame or sled on which prisoners in England were drawn through the streets to execution
3. 
any of a series of framelike barriers over which horses or runners must leap in a special race (the hurdles)
4. 
a difficulty to be overcome; obstacle
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhurdled or ˈhurdling
5. 
to enclose or fence off with hurdles
6. 
to jump over (a barrier), as in a race
7. 
to overcome (an obstacle)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hurdle

see synonyms of hurdle
n.
1. Sports
a. A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.
b. hurdles A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.
c. A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.
2. An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome: the last hurdle before graduation.
3. Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing.
4. Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution.
v. hur·dled, hur·dling, hur·dles
v.tr.
1. To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race.
2. To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount: hurdle a problem.
v.intr.
To leap over a barrier or other obstacle.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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