name
Meaning 1
plural of Hurdle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hurdles
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CMU ARPABET: HH ER1 D AH0 L Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of hurdle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Despite a stumble, he managed to come fourth in the hurdles.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of hurdle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hurdling, hurdle race
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: track event
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: aidat — sport
- Finnish: aitajuoksu — sport
- Russian: бег с препятствиями (beg s prepjatstvijami) — sport
Real reading context