Hoof

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The foot of such an animal, especially a horse.
  • noun. The human foot.
  • intransitive verb. To trample with the hooves.
  • intransitive verb. To dance, especially as a professional.
  • intransitive verb. To go on foot; walk.
  • idiom. (hoof it) To walk.
  • idiom. (hoof it) To dance.
  • idiom. (on the hoof) Not yet butchered; alive. Used especially of cattle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To walk, as cattle; foot: with an indefinite it.
  • To kill (game) by shooting it on the ground.
  • noun. The casing of hard horny substance which sheathes the ends of the digits or incases the foot in many animals.
  • noun. A hoofed animal; a beast.
  • noun. In geometry, an ungula or part of a cylinder or cone cut off by a plane cutting both the base and the curved surface.
  • noun. In tortoise-shell manuf., one of the smaller plates of translucent shell forming the head.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
  • noun. A hoofed animal; a beast.
  • noun. See Ungula.
  • intransitive verb. To walk as cattle.
  • intransitive verb. To be on a tramp; to foot.
  • intransitive verb. to foot it.
  • intransitive verb. of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.
  • intransitive verb. live cattle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  • noun. The human foot.
  • verb. To trample with hooves.
  • verb. To walk.
  • verb. To dance, especially as a professional.
  • verb. to kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. dance in a professional capacity
  • noun. the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals
  • verb. walk
  • noun. the foot of an ungulate mammal
  • Word Usage
    "Cloven hoof is what it is and maybe the clove is the evolution of claws."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aloof  goof  poof  proof  roof  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bell  belly  boot  clatter  claw  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Ungula  ambulate  ankle  arch  beast  
    variant
    Ungula  hooves  
    verb-form
    hoofed  hoofes  hoofing  hoofs  hooves