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| hur·dle [ húrd'l ] |
noun (plural hur·dles) |
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1. difficulty or obstacle: a difficulty or obstacle that has to be overcome
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2. barrier for runner to jump over: one of a number of light barriers over which runners have to jump in some track-and-field events
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3. horseracing fence used in horse race: a fence of intertwined branches or wattle that horses jump over in a race, or a race over fences of this type
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verb (past and past participle hur·dled, present participle hur·dling, 3rd person present singular hur·dles) |
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1. intransitive verb race over hurdles: to run in a track-and-field event in which hurdles must be jumped
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2. transitive verb clear racing barrier: to clear a barrier in a race
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3. transitive verb overcome difficulty: to overcome a difficulty or obstacle
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| [ Old English hyrdel< Indo-European, "to turn"] |
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  hur·dler noun |
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