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Word: hurdle
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Meaning:
Noun:
- 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.
- An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses jump in a race.
- In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. ?Francis Bacon.
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Verb:
- To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
- To jump over something while running.
- To overcome an obstacle.
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