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hurdle
a barrier; problem; obstacle: He jumped over the last hurdle.
Not to be confused with:
hurtle – speed; race; rush; shoot: I watched the horses hurtle down the track.
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hur·dle
(hûr′dl)n.
1. Sports
a. A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.
b. hurdles A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.
c. A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.
2. An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome: the last hurdle before graduation.
3. Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing.
4. Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution.
v. hur·dled, hur·dling, hur·dles
v.tr.
1. To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race.
2. To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount: hurdle a problem.
v.intr.
To leap over a barrier or other obstacle.
[Middle English hurdel, portable panel for temporary fences, from Old English hyrdel.]
hur′dler n.
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hurdle
(ˈhɜːdəl)n
1. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics one of a number of light barriers over which runners leap in certain events
2. (Horse Racing) a low barrier used in certain horse races
3. an obstacle to be overcome
4. (Agriculture) a light framework of interlaced osiers, wattle, etc, used as a temporary fence
5. (Historical Terms) Brit a sledge on which criminals were dragged to their executions
vb
6. (Athletics (Track & Field)) to jump (a hurdle, etc), as in racing
7. (tr) to surround with hurdles
8. (tr) to overcome
[Old English hyrdel; related to Gothic haurds door, Old Norse hurth door, Old High German hurd, Latin crātis, Greek kurtos basket]
ˈhurdler n
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hur•dle
(ˈhɜr dl)n., v. -dled, -dling. n.
1. a portable fencelike barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races.
2. hurdles, (used with a sing. v.) a track race in which contestants leap over a series of such barriers.
3. any of various upright barriers over which horses must jump in certain turf races, as steeplechases, esp. an artificial barrier.
4. a difficulty to be overcome; obstacle.
5. Chiefly Brit. a movable rectangular frame of interlaced twigs, crossed bars, or the like, as for a temporary fence.
6. a frame or sled on which criminals, esp. traitors, were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
v.t. 7. to leap over (a barrier), as in a race.
8. to master (a difficulty, problem, etc.); overcome.
[before 900; Middle English hirdel, hurdel, Old English hyrdel=hyrd- (c. Old Saxon hurth, Old High German hurt hurdle, Old Norse hurth, Gothic haurds door) + -el n. suffix; akin to Latin crātis wickerwork (compare grate1)]
hur′dler, n.
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hurdle
Past participle: hurdled
Gerund: hurdling
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| hurdle |
| hurdle |
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| Noun | 1. |  hurdle - a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain racesbarrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement |
| 2. | hurdle - an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation" obstacle, obstruction - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan" | |
| 3. |  hurdle - the act of jumping over an obstacle | |
| Verb | 1. | hurdle - jump a hurdle |
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hurdle
noun
1. obstacle, block, difficulty, barrier, handicap, hazard, complication, snag, uphill (S. African), obstruction, stumbling block, impediment, hindrance The weather will be the biggest hurdle.
verb
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hurdle
nounverb
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Translations
حاجِزعَرْقَلَةٌعَقَبَهيَشْتَرِك في سِباق حَواجِز
překážkaběžet v překážkovém běhu
forhindringløbe hækkeløbvanskelighed
este
prepreka
akadályátviszgátgátfutásban vesz résztkarám
grind; hindrunhindrun, erfiîleikarhlaupa grindahlaup
ハードル柵障害物
장애물
bėgimas per kliūtisdalyvauti kliūtinėse lenktynėselenktynių su kliūtimis dalyvis
barjerakavēklispiedalīties barjerskrējienāšķērslis
bežať prekážkový beh
häck
อุปสรรค
rào cản
hurdle
[ˈhɜːdl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hurdle
n (Sport, fig) → Hürde f; hurdles sing (= race) → Hürdenlauf m; (Horse Racing) → Hürdenrennen nt; the 100m hurdles → (die) 100 m Hürden, (der) 100-m-Hürdenlauf; to fall at the first hurdle (fig) → (schon) über die erste or bei der ersten Hürde stolpern
vt fence → nehmen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hurdle
[ˈhɜːdl] n (for fence) → graticcio (fig) (Sport) → ostacolothe 100 metre hurdles (race) → i cento metri a ostacoli
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hurdle
(ˈhəːdl) noun1. a frame to be jumped in a race.
2. a problem or difficulty. There are several hurdles to be got over in this project.
verb to run in a race in which hurdles are used. He has hurdled since he was twelve.
ˈhurdler nounˈhurdling noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hurdle
→ عَرْقَلَةٌ překážka forhindring Hürde εμπόδιο obstáculo este obstacle prepreka ostacolo ハードル 장애물 horde hekk przeszkoda barreira препятствие häck อุปสรรค engel rào cản 障碍Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
hurdle
n. obstáculo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012