hurdle

hur·dle  (hûrdl)

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.

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[Middle English hurdel, portable panel for temporary fences, from Old English hyrdel.]

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hurdler n.

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hurdle

Noun

1. Athletics one of a number of light barriers over which runners leap in certain events

2. a difficulty or problem: the main technical hurdle is the environment

3. hurdles a race involving hurdles

Verb

[-dling, -dled]

to jump over (a hurdle or other obstacle) [Old English hyrdel]

hurdler n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hurdle - a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races barrier - 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 vault jumping, jump - the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
Verb	1.	hurdle - jump a hurdle athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition vault, overleap - jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

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hurdle

noun 1. obstacle, block, difficulty, barrier, handicap, hazard, complication, snag, uphill S. African obstruction, stumbling block, impediment, hindrance

noun 2. fence, wall, hedge, block, barrier, barricade

Translations

hurdle [ˈhəːdl] n (SPORT) → valla;

(fig) → obstáculo

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hurdle [ˈhəːdl] n (for fences) → claie f;

(Sport) → haie f (fig); obstacle m

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hurdle [ˈhəːdl] n → Hürde f

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hurdle [ˈhəːdl] n (SPORT), (fig) → ostacolo