Hoof

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Hoof, n. [OE. hof, AS. hōf; akin to D. hoef, G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hōfr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha.

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  A hoofed animal; a beast.  [1913 Webster]

  "Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind."  [1913 Webster]
•  See Ungula.  [1913 Webster]

Hoof, v. i. 

•  To walk as cattle.  William Scott.  [1913 Webster]
•  To be on a tramp; to foot.  [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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Hoof, n. & v.
--n. (pl. hoofs or hooves) the horny part of the foot of a horse, antelope, and other ungulates.
--v.
1 tr. strike with a hoof.
2 tr. sl. kick or shove.

Idiom

hoof it sl.
1 go on foot.
2 dance. on the hoof (of cattle) not yet slaughtered.

Derivative

hoofed adj. (also in comb.).

Etymology

OE hof f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Hoof

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Hoof

Base

N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.

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