OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12088

hurdle

/ˈhɜːdl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
valla
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
He ran in the 100 metres hurdles.
valla
An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
My last stop was an outdoor speech to a huge crowd of Ukrainians whom I urged to stay on the course of freedom and economic reform. Kiev was beautiful in the late spring sunshine,…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 12089

hurdle

/ˈhɜːdl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vallar
To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve In hurdled cotes amid the field secure
Phrases
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