'Hoof' definitions:
Definition of 'hoof'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Hoof'
From: GCIDE
- Hoof \Hoof\ (h[=oo]f), n.; pl. Hoofs (h[=oo]fs), very rarely Hooves (h[=oo]vz). [OE. hof, AS. h[=o]f; akin to D. hoef, G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[=o]fr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. [,c]apha. [root]225.]
- 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. [1913 Webster]
- On burnished hooves his war horse trode. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hoofed animal; a beast. [1913 Webster]
- Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. --Ex. x. 26. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geom.) See Ungula. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hoof'
From: GCIDE
- Hoof \Hoof\, v. i.
- 1. To walk as cattle. [R.] --William Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- To hoof it, to foot it.
- On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.
- beef on the hoof, live cattle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'hoof'
From: Easton
- Hoof a cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex. 10:26; Ezek. 32:13); hence also of the horse, though not cloven (Isa. 5:28). The "parting of the hoof" is one of the distinctions between clean and unclean animals (Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:7).
Synonyms of 'hoof'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambulate,
- ankle,
- arch,
- circumambulate,
- clog,
- clubfoot,
- dance,
- digit,
- dog,
- extremity,
- fetlock,
- foot,
- foot it,
- forefoot,
- forepaw,
- fox-trot,
- harefoot,
- heel,
- hoof it,
- hop,
- instep,
- jaywalk,
- jog on,
- leg,
- leg it,
- pace,
- pad,
- pastern,
- patte,
- paw,
- pedal extremity,
- pedes,
- pedestrianize,
- perambulate,
- peripateticate,
- pes,
- pied,
- prance,
- pug,
- shake,
- shimmy,
- shuffle,
- shuffle along,
- skip,
- sole,
- splayfoot,
- step,
- stride,
- stump it,
- tap-dance,
- toe,
- tootsy,
- traipse,
- tread,
- trip,
- troop,
- trotter,
- ungula,
- walk,
- waltz