hurdle

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I - noun

1. a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
barrier
2. an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
- the last hurdle before graduation
• Hypernyms:
obstacle, obstruction
3. the act of jumping over an obstacle
• Syn:
vault
• Derivationally related forms:
vault (for: vault)
• Hypernyms:
jump, jumping

II - verb

jump a hurdle (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms:
hurdler, hurdling
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
vault, overleap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something