hurdle
/ˈhɜːdəl/
Misollar
- The team faced a serious hurdle.
- The initial cost is a hurdle.
- This is just another hurdle to overcome.
- The athlete caught his foot on the hurdle.
- The hurdler didn't clear the final hurdle.
- The biggest hurdle for pupils writing the exam was question fourteen.
ot noun
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An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
He ran in the 100 metres hurdles.
- A perceived obstacle.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
- A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
fe’l verb
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To jump over something while running.
He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
- To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
- To overcome an obstacle.
- To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.