HURDLE
\hˈɜːdə͡l], \hˈɜːdəl], \h_ˈɜː_d_əl]\
Definitions of HURDLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
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an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation"
By Princeton University
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a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
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an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
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In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
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An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
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To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
By Oddity Software
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A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
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In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
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An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
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To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
By Noah Webster.
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A movable fence of interwoven twigs, branches, or steel; a fence or barrier to be leaped over in steeple chasing or in racing; a rude frame on which criminals were formerly dragged to execution.
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To cover or inclose with a fence or barrier to be leaped over in racing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Frame of interlaced twigs.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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