Hoof
[huːf] or [huf]
Definition
(noun.) the foot of an ungulate mammal.
(noun.) the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals.
(verb.) dance in a professional capacity.
Typist: Nadine--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. i.) To walk as cattle.
(v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot.
Typed by Hector
Definition
n. the horny substance on the feet of certain animals as horses &c.: a hoofed animal:—pl. Hoofs Hooves.—v.i. (of a hoofed animal) to walk.—adjs. Hoof′-bound having a contraction of the hoof causing lameness; Hoofed; Hoof′less without hoofs —n. Hoof-mark the mark of an animal's hoof on the ground &c.—adj. Hoof′-shaped.—Cloven hoof (see Cloven).
Typed by Chauncey
Examples
- The hoof is split and although it might not get worse soon if shod properly, she could break down if she travels over much hard ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- At length, Charley Bates expressed his opinion that it was time to pad the hoof. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But you _are_ under my hoof, for all that, said he, turning upon her, with a savage grin; that's one comfort. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The hoof was like that when we took her, Pablo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He rode out of the forest onto the yellow road that led into La Granja and the horses' hooves raised a dust that hung over them as they rode. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- No sun shall ever usher forth mine honours, Or gild again the noble hoofs that waited Upon my smiles. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The imitation of the action of horses' hoofs was one of the means attempted, but such additional aids were eventually found to be of no avail, and were discontinued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The big wagons were coming on; the dray-horses' huge hoofs were heard splashing in the mud and water. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Amid the droning of the wind there had come the stamping of a horse's hoofs, and the long grind of a wheel as it rasped against the curb. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typed by Enid