HIGH HURDLES

Meaning of HIGH HURDLES in English

Track.

a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 in. (107 cm) high. Cf. low hurdles .

[ 1890-95 ]

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HIGH HURDLES — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a track event of 120 yards or 110 meters distance with …
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HURDLES — noun see hurdle race
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HURDLES — n. footrace in which the competitors must jump over and pass a series of hurdles
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HIGH — vi to hie. 2. high ·noun the highest card dealt or drawn. 3. high ·noun people of rank or high …
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HURDLES — a hurdle race. → hurdle
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HIGH — [high] adj [ME, fr. OE heah; akin to OHG hoh high, Lith kaukaras hill] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having large …
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HIGH — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of …
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HIGH — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of …
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HIGH — ( higher, highest, highs) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
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HIGH — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a diet high/rich in sth (= which contains a lot of something ) ▪ …
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HURDLES — [plural] [noun]The American won the 400 metres hurdles (= the 400 metres race over hurdles).
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HIGH — 1. прил. 1) а) высокий (большой по протяженности снизу вверх; превосходящий среднюю высоту) New York City has many high buildings. …
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HIGH — 1. haı n 1. высшая точка, максимум to be in /at/ the high - достигнуть высшего уровня /предела, максимума/ an …
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HIGH — 1. haı n 1. высшая точка, максимум to be in /at/ the high - достигнуть высшего уровня /предела, максимума/ an …
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HIGH — 1. прил. 1) а) высокий ( большой по протяженности снизу вверх; превосходящий среднюю высоту ) New York City has many …
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HIGH — 1. прил. 1) а) высокий (большой по протяженности снизу вверх; превосходящий среднюю высоту) New York City has many high buildings. — В Нью-Йорке …
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HIGH — _I High = _n. _ам. high school _II 1. _a. 1> высокий; возвышенный 2> высший; главный; верховный - high official …
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HIGH — 1. _a. 1> высокий; возвышенный 2> высший; главный; верховный; high official высший чиновник; H. Command верховное командование 3> высший, лучший; …
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HIGH — 1. прил. 1) а) высокий (большой по протяженности снизу вверх; превосходящий среднюю высоту) New York City has many high buildings. …
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LOW HURDLES — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a track event of 220 yards or 200 meters distance with …
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LOW HURDLES — Track. a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 ft. 6 in. (76 cm) high. Cf. high hurdles .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HURDLING — Track-and-field event, a footrace over a series of obstacles called hurdles. Runners must remain in assigned lanes throughout a race, …
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HURDLE — I. ˈhərd ə l, ˈhə̄d-, ˈhəid- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hirdel, hurdel, from Old English hyrdel; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURDLE RACE — noun 1. : a track event in which artificial barriers must be leaped — called also hurdles ; compare high …
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HURDLE — — hurdler , n. /herr"dl/ , n. , v. , hurdled, hurdling . n. 1. a portable barrier over which …
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HURDLING — sport in track-and-field athletics in which a runner races over a series of obstacles called hurdles, which are set a …
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TEWKSBURY, JOHN WALTER — born March 21, 1878, Ashley, Pa., U.S. died April 24, 1968, Tunkhannock, Pa. in full John Walter Beardsley Tewksbury American …
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MOSES, EDWIN — born 1956, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. Edwin Moses clearing a hurdle during his gold-medal performance in the 400-metre hurdle competition American …
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KRAENZLEIN, ALVIN — born Dec. 12, 1876, Milwaukee, Wis., U.S. died Jan. 6, 1928, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. American athlete, the first competitor to win …
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HEMERY, DAVID (PETER) — born July 18, 1944, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Eng. English hurdler who held the 400-metre-hurdles world record of 48.1 sec (1968-72). In …
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DAVIS, GLENN — born Sept. 12, 1934, Wellsburg, W.Va., U.S. in full Glenn Ashby Davis American world-record holder in the 400-metre hurdles (195662) …
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CALHOUN, LEE — born Feb. 23, 1933, Laurel, Miss., U.S. died June 21, 1989, Erie, Pa. American athlete, the first to win successive …
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BLANKERS-KOEN, FANNY — born April 26, 1918, Amsterdam, Neth. in full Francina Blankers-koen versatile Dutch track-and-field athlete who was the first woman to …
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HURDLE — / ˈhɜːdl; NAmE ˈhɜːrdl/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. each of a series of vertical frames that a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HURDLE — ( hurdles, hurdling, hurdled) 1. A hurdle is a problem, difficulty, or part of a process that may prevent you …
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REGULATORY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES regulatory barriers ▪ Regulatory barriers have been an obstacle to international co-operation between police forces. …
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OVERCOME — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be overcome with emotion (= feel an emotion so strongly that you cannot behave normally …
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LOW — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a deep/low voice (= near the bottom of the range of sounds ) ▪ …
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HURDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hurdle rate COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ BHis biggest hurdle , however, …
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CLEAR — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a clear account ▪ I’ve tried to write a clear account of the incident. …
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HURDLING — n. Track-and-field event, a footrace over a series of obstacles called hurdles. Runners must remain in assigned lanes throughout a …
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CLOCK — I 1. сущ. 1) часы (стенные, настольные, башенные) like a clock 2) разг. счетчик taximeter, speedometer, milometer 3) время It …
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