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hoofs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hoofs.

Editorial note

With the right technology, it might be possible to harvest them for ivory or meat or hoofs for glue.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hoofs gathered in one view.

noun

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

noun

The heel of a loaf of bread.

noun

(slang, derogatory) The human foot.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hoofs.

noun

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

noun

The heel of a loaf of bread.

noun

(slang, derogatory) The human foot.

noun

(geometry, dated) An ungula.

Example sentences

1

With the right technology, it might be possible to harvest them for ivory or meat or hoofs for glue.

2

A dedicated physicist who self-taught medicine would allow hoofs to be zebras, not horses, some % of the time.

3

To start - beaks, feathers, hoofs, horns and many other pieces the cats/dogs wouldn't eat naturally.

4

To the extent that Leviticus makes an argument it stops at two criteria, cloven hoofs and rumination, without further explanation.

5

The mushrooms in the figure masked as some ungulate are the hands, maybe shaped like hoofs, or any other ornament.

6

So the DNR has in their imagination that deer, with their hoofs, can hurt people.

7

TikTok shows everything from videos of people cooking eggs to people trimming cow hoofs..

8

This whole line of argument has always been speculative fiction on the part of the internet: it's looking for unicorns because you heard hoofs.

9

It’s speculated that invasive plant species flourished Australia and the Americas because of the initial advantage of seed arriving on the hoofs of livestock.

10

For his first report he put breadcrumbs between the pages of a big book, and demonstrated the donkey turning the pages with his hoofs.

11

For example, Fillet minion and cow hoofs are more scarce than flank steak, but one sells for more and the other for less due to preference.

12

Genetically engineered policeman on hoofs will solve the problem.

Quote examples

1

Or - hedge your bets, and if the pseudo-democracy gets further downgraded - at least you'll be a little richer, at the expense of the poor saps who believed in "Golden Miller" or "Hoofs of Thunder".

2

The last line "their hoofs are now kicking up dust, there must be something offenssive in the grass" adds a sense of unease to the poem, suggesting that the behavior of the "woke sheep" may be causing some sort of disruption or trouble.

3

It's interesting looking at the etymology of the word dashboard: "board or leather apron in front of a carriage to stop mud from being splashed ('dashed') into the vehicle by the horse's hoofs" And you can go back further to what "dash" and "board" even meant!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hoofs in a sentence?

With the right technology, it might be possible to harvest them for ivory or meat or hoofs for glue.

What does hoofs mean?

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

What part of speech is hoofs?

hoofs is commonly used as noun.