HURDLES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hurdles mean? 

• HURDLES (noun)
  The noun HURDLES has 1 sense:

1. a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles

  Familiarity information: HURDLES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HURDLES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

hurdle race; hurdles; hurdling

Hypernyms ("hurdles" is a kind of...):

track event (a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor))

 Context examples 

The scientists note that while several technical hurdles remain, the technique will allow them to analyze the structures of many other proteins, as well as study receptor-drug interactions.

(Structural states of a brain receptor revealed, NIH)

A program created to address roadblocks to research and to transform the way biomedical research is conducted by overcoming specific hurdles or filling defined knowledge gaps.

(NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, NCI Thesaurus)

A team at Houston Methodist Research Institute has been working to overcome the many hurdles to successful cancer treatment by harnessing nanotechnology to deliver drugs directly into cancerous cells.

(Injectable nanoparticles deliver cancer therapy in mice, NIH)

This study suggests that some of the hurdles that stand in the way of exploiting the therapeutic potential of miRNAs could be cleared by instead targeting the gut microbiome.

(New Light on Link between Gut Bacteria, Anxiety, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On September 30, 2019, Karsten Warholm of Norway won the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)

Now, amidst roars of laughter from the crowd and a shower of blows from the beaters-out, they dived madly back, with the ungainly haste of frightened sheep blundering through a gap in their hurdles.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The lower of the three is Gilchrist, a fine scholar and athlete, plays in the Rugby team and the cricket team for the college, and got his Blue for the hurdles and the long jump.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Earlier this year, Warholm set a personal best time of 46.92 seconds in the 400 m hurdles, the second-fastest time recorded in the history of the event.

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)