Thesaurus: hoof

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1. n. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
2. n. A hoofed animal; a beast.
3. n. See Ungula.
4. v. i. To walk as cattle.
5. v. i. To be on a tramp; to foot.
6. n. the foot of an ungulate mammal
7. n. the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals
8. v. dance in a professional capacity
9. 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. On burnished hooves his war horse trode. Tennyson. 2. A hoofed animal; a beast. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. Ex. x. 26. 3. (Geom.) See Ungula. 1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott. 2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.] To hoof it, to foot it.
10. v:9/n:91 n. the foot of an ungulate mammal n. the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals v. dance in a professional capacity