Meaning

5 senses
  1. To jump over something while running.

    He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.

    перепрыгиватьpereprygivatʹ

    jump a hurdle

  2. To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).

    Hürden laufen

  3. To overcome an obstacle.

    eine Hürde nehmen

    преодолеватьpreodolevatʹ

  4. To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.

    einzäunen

  5. To jump over another piece without capturing it.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Tom hurdled the fence.

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  2. Algeria is facing many economic hurdles.

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  3. The initial cost is a hurdle.

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  4. The team faced a serious hurdle.

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  5. The tree trunk hurdled down the slope.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to jump over something while running:
to overcome an obstacle:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to compete in the track and field events of hurdles:
to overcome an obstacle:
to hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles:

Forms

hurdles, hurdling, hurdled, hurdled
Base formhurdle · to hurdle
3rd person singularhurdles
Present participlehurdling
Past simplehurdled
Past participlehurdled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhurdle
he, she, ithurdles

Past simpleLesson

all personshurdled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hurdled
he, she, ithas hurdled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hurdle

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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