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noun | verb hurdlehurdle1 /ˈhɚdl/ ●○○ noun ETYMOLOGYhurdle1Origin: Old English hyrdel ► overcome/clear a hurdle Just to get this far, Alison has overcome several hurdles. 1[countable] a problem or difficulty that you must deal with before you can achieve something: Finding enough money for the project was the first hurdle.overcome/clear a hurdle Just to get this far, Alison has overcome several hurdles.2[countable] a type of small fence that a person or horse has to jump over during a race3the hurdles [plural] a race in which the runners have to jump over hurdles: the women’s 100-meter hurdles noun | verb hurdlehurdle2 verb VERB TABLEhurdle |
| Present | I, you, we, they | hurdle | | he, she, it | hurdles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hurdled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hurdled | | he, she, it | has hurdled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hurdled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hurdle | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hurdled |
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| Present | I | am hurdling | | he, she, it | is hurdling | | you, we, they | are hurdling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was hurdling | | you, we, they | were hurdling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hurdling | | he, she, it | has been hurdling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hurdling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hurdling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hurdling |
THESAURUSupward► jumpa) to push yourself suddenly up in the air using your legs: How high can you jump? Lewis jumped 27 feet in the Olympics.b) to go over or across something by jumping: A kid could easily jump that fence. ► skip to move forward with little jumps between your steps: The two little girls skipped off down the sidewalk. ► hop to move around by jumping on one leg: I twisted my ankle, and had to hop across the back yard to sit down. ► spring to jump or move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction. Used especially in writing or literature: She sprang up nervously when she heard the doorbell ring. ► dive to jump into water with your head and arms first: The pool is not deep enough to dive into. ► bounce to jump up and down several times, especially on a surface that is soft and helps you to go up and down: The kids were bouncing on the trampoline. ► pounce to suddenly jump on a person or animal to try to catch him, her, or it, especially from a place where you were hiding: The cats like to pounce on flies as they buzz in the windows. ► leap to jump high into the air or over something: The deer leaped over a fallen log and disappeared. ► hurdle to jump over something while you are running: The man hurdled a low fence as he ran away. ► vault to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you: A young man ran past, vaulting the brick wall at the end of the parking lot. 1 [transitive] to jump over something while you are running: Barrett hurdled the fence and ran down the street.► see thesaurus at jump12[intransitive] to run in hurdle races—hurdler noun [countable]—hurdling noun [uncountable] |