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hurdle
( hurdles plural & 3rd person present) ( hurdling present participle) ( hurdled past tense & past participle )

1       n-count   A hurdle is a problem, difficulty, or part of a process that may prevent you from achieving something.
usu supp N   (=obstacle)
Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are packed off home...

2 n-count-coll Hurdles is a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles, that are also called hurdles. You can use hurdles to refer to one or more races.
Davis won the 400m. hurdles in a new Olympic time of 49.3 sec.

3       verb   If you hurdle, you jump over something while you are running.
He crossed the lawn and hurdled the short fence...      V n
She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm.      V

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hurdle
n

1 barricade, barrier, block, fence, hedge, wall

2 barrier, block, complication, difficulty, handicap, hazard, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stumbling block

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