Hoof

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The horny sheath covering the toes or lower part of the foot of a mammal of the orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla, such as a horse, ox, or deer.
  • n. The foot of such an animal, especially a horse.
  • n. Slang The human foot.
  • v. To trample with the hoofs.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To dance, especially as a professional.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To go on foot; walk.
  • idiom. hoof it Slang To walk.
  • idiom. hoof it Slang To dance.
  • idiom. on the hoof Not yet butchered; alive. Used especially of cattle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  • n. The human foot.
  • v. To trample with hooves.
  • v. To walk.
  • v. To dance, especially as a professional.
  • v. to kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
  • n. A hoofed animal; a beast.
  • n. See Ungula.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk as cattle.
  • verb-intransitive. To be on a tramp; to foot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The casing of hard horny substance which sheathes the ends of the digits or incases the foot in many animals.
  • n. A hoofed animal; a beast.
  • n. In geometry, an ungula or part of a cylinder or cone cut off by a plane cutting both the base and the curved surface.
  • n. In tortoise-shell manuf., one of the smaller plates of translucent shell forming the head.
  • To walk, as cattle; foot: with an indefinite it.
  • To kill (game) by shooting it on the ground.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. dance in a professional capacity
  • n. the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals
  • v. walk
  • n. the foot of an ungulate mammal
  • Verb Form
    hoofed    hoofes    hoofing    hoofs    hooves   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    hooves    Ungula   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beast    foot    Ungula    cloot    dewclaw    coffin    boot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aloof    goof    poof    proof    roof    rustproof    spoof    woof   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hooves    footstep    heel    horn    claw    thud    clatter    rein    wheel    boot