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Meaning of hoof | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
hʊf

Definitions

  1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering
  2. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  3. The human foot.
    derogatory, slang
  4. The human foot
  5. An ungula.
    dated
  6. An ungula
  7. The heel of a loaf of bread.
  8. The heel of a loaf of bread
  9. To trample with hooves

Equivalents

العربية الحافر حافر خف ظلف
Azərbaycanca dırnaq
Беларуская капыт
Български копито
Català peülla
Čeština kopyto pazneht
Cymraeg carn
Dansk hov
Deutsch Huf Schale
Ελληνικά νύχι οπλή χηλή
Esperanto hufo
Español casco pezuña
Eesti kabi
Euskara apo
Suomi kavio sorkka
Français sabot
Gaeilge crúb
Gàidhlig ìne ladhar
Galego pezuño presuño uña vaso
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi maiʻao
עברית פרסה
हिन्दी खुर
Magyar pata
Հայերեն կճղակ պճեղ սմբակ
Bahasa Indonesia kuku talapok
Íslenska hófur klauf
Italiano zampa zoccolo
日本語
ქართული ჩლიქი
Қазақша тұяқ
ខ្មែរ ក្រចក
한국어 발굽
Kurdî apo hov hûf îne
Кыргызча туяк
Latina ungula
ລາວ ກີບ
Latviešu nags
Te Reo Māori kuku pāua
Македонски копито
മലയാളം കുളമ്പ്
Монгол туурай
မြန်မာဘာသာ ခွာ
Nederlands hoef
Polski kopyto opuszka
Português casco pata pezunho
Română copită
Русский копыто
Slovenščina kopito
Shqip thundër
Српски kopito kuku копито
Svenska hov klöv
Kiswahili ukwato
தமிழ் குளம்பு
తెలుగు గిట్ట
Тоҷикӣ сӯм
ไทย กีบ
Türkçe tırnak toynak
ئۇيغۇرچە تۇياق
Українська копито
اردو کھر
Tiếng Việt guốc mong

Examples

“[…] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.”
“Get your hooves off me!”
“He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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