Hürde — meaning in English

English meaning

• barrier noun A physical structure that blocks passage or access.
• hoarding noun A large outdoor advertising board; a billboard.
• hurdle noun A barrier that a runner or horse must jump over during a race.
• obstacle noun Something that blocks progress or makes it harder to move forward, whether physical or figurative.

Senses

Hürde is used for these senses in English:

• barrier An obstacle or impediment.
• hoarding (architecture, historical) A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
• hurdle (athletics, horses) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
• hurdle (figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
• hurdle A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
• obstacle Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively

barrier — full definition

1. noun A physical structure that blocks passage or access.
2. noun Something that prevents progress or makes an action difficult.

hoarding — full definition

1. noun A large outdoor advertising board; a billboard.
2. noun A temporary fence or barrier put up around a construction site.
3. noun A psychological disorder marked by an ongoing need to collect items and severe difficulty discarding them.

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