ALL meanings of hurdle
hur·dle
H h - noun hurdle athletics: obstacle 1
- noun plural hurdle event: obstacle race 1
- noun hurdle difficulty 1
- transitive verb hurdle leap over sth 1
- intransitive verb hurdle athletics: leap over obstacles 1
- noun hurdle sled 1
- noun hurdle a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it. 1
- noun hurdle hurdles, (used with a singular verb) a race in which contestants must leap over a number of such barriers placed at specific intervals around the track. Compare high hurdles, low hurdles. 1
- noun hurdle any of various vertical barriers, as a hedge, low wall, or section of fence, over which horses must jump in certain types of turf races, as a steeplechase, but especially an artificial barrier. 1
- noun hurdle a difficult problem to be overcome; obstacle. 1
- noun hurdle Chiefly British. a movable rectangular frame of interlaced twigs, crossed bars, or the like, as for a temporary fence. 1
- noun hurdle a frame or sled on which criminals, especially traitors, were formerly drawn to the place of execution. 1
- verb with object hurdle to leap over (a hurdle, barrier, fence, etc.), as in a race. 1
- verb with object hurdle to master (a difficulty, problem, etc.); overcome. 1
- verb with object hurdle to construct with hurdles; enclose with hurdles. 1
- verb without object hurdle to leap over a hurdle or other barrier. 1
- noun hurdle An upright frame, typically one of a series, that athletes in a race must jump over. 1
- countable noun hurdle A hurdle is a problem, difficulty, or part of a process that may prevent you from achieving something. 0
- countable noun hurdle Hurdles is a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles that are also called hurdles. You can use hurdles to refer to one or more races. 0
- verb hurdle If you hurdle, you jump over something while you are running. 0
- noun hurdle one of a number of light barriers over which runners leap in certain events 0
- noun hurdle a low barrier used in certain horse races 0
- noun hurdle an obstacle to be overcome 0
- noun hurdle a light framework of interlaced osiers, wattle, etc, used as a temporary fence 0
- noun hurdle a sledge on which criminals were dragged to their executions 0
- verb hurdle to jump (a hurdle, etc), as in racing 0
- verb hurdle to surround with hurdles 0
- verb hurdle to overcome 0
- noun hurdle a portable frame made of interlaced twigs, etc., used as a temporary fence or enclosure 0
- noun hurdle a kind of frame or sled on which prisoners in England were drawn through the streets to execution 0
- noun hurdle any of a series of framelike barriers over which horses or runners must leap in a special race (the hurdles) 0
- noun hurdle a difficulty to be overcome; obstacle 0
- verb transitive hurdle to enclose or fence off with hurdles 0
- verb transitive hurdle to jump over (a barrier), as in a race 0
- verb transitive hurdle to overcome (an obstacle) 0