English to English
hurdle
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noun (n)
- a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- an obstacle that you are expected to overcome(noun.cognition)Example:
The last hurdle before graduation.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- jump a hurdle(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.(verb)source: webster1913
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