Hoof

Definition: Hoof

Hoof

Noun

1. The foot of an ungulate mammal.

2. The horny covering of the end of the foot in hoofed mammals.

Verb

1. Informal or colloquial synonyms of 'walk' ".

Date "hoof" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Hoof \Hoof\, noun; plural Hoofs, very rarely Hooves. [Old English hof, Anglo-Saxon h[=o]f; akin to Dutch hoef, G1huf, Old High German huof, Icelandic h[=o]fr, Swedish hof, Danish hov; compare to Russ. kopuito, Sanskrit [,c]apha.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Hoof

Domain	Definition
Bible	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). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Food & Agriculture	Claw:either half of the hoof of an cloven-footed mammal. Source: European Union. (references)
	The horny outer covering of the foot. . Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	HOOF. To beat the hoof; to travel on foot. He hoofed it or beat the hoof, every step of the way from Chester to London. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Base	Bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root; centerboard.
Indication	Characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory).
Journey	Walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Dear Horse God, I know I don't usually pray to you. Sometimes I doubt you even exist, but if you're willing to grant me luck please stamp your hoof for once (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)
Movie/TV Titles	Hoof Marks (1927)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Hoof (reference) Hoof Beats of Destiny (reference) Hoof Trails and Wagon Tracks (Short Story Index Reprint Series) (reference) Maximum Hoof Power (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Hoof Beats (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Poop, Paw & Hoof Prints (reference) Trailsigns North:Poop,Paw & Hoof (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Cloven Hoof (reference) Cloven Hoof [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Coopertools 171R 8" Narrow Hoof Knife (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Veterinary Medicine: Illustration of nine hoof problems and four types of horseshoes]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Cattle being tested with blue vitriol solution for hoof rot, Cruzen Ranch, Valley County, Idaho. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Blacksmith removing shoe from horse. The rope to hold up the hoof is necessary when shoeing an unruly horse. Forest County, Wisconsin. Lumber camp. Credit: Library of Congress.		FSA (Farm Security Administration) county supervisor and borrower examining horse's hoof. Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa-Black Hoof, principal chief of the Shawanoes / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Hooves; hoof; horse; clicking; clopping; clop; clip clop; trot; horseshoe.		Trot; horse; hoof; hooves; horseback; trotting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Aesop	While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Argentina	However, beef exports to the U.S. were suspended in August 2000 when some Argentine cattle (near Paraguay) were discovered to have anti-bodies for hoof and mouth disease. (references)
	Ireland	Bord Failte has indicated that the number of visitors to Ireland in 2001 is expected to fall for the first time in ten years as a result of the outbreak of hoof and mouth disease and the downturn in the U.S. economy. (references)
	Ireland	The effects of measures to prevent hoof and mouth disease within Ireland are likely to have a significant impact on the output of this sector in 2001. Volume growth is forecast to rise by 5.4 percent, declining to 4.8 percent in 2002. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane literature is in Homer's narrative of the war between them and the mice. Skeptical persons have doubted Homer's authorship of the work, but the learned, ingenious and industrious Dr. Schliemann has set the question forever at rest by uncovering the bones of the slain frogs. One of the forms of moral suasion by which Pharaoh was besought to favor the Israelities was a plague of frogs, but Pharaoh, who liked them fricasees, remarked, with truly oriental stoicism, that he could stand it as long as the frogs and the Jews could; so the programme was changed. The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear. The libretto of his favorite opera, as written by Aristophanes, is brief, simple and effective -- "brekekex-koax"; the music is apparently by that eminent composer, Richard Wagner. Horses have a frog in each hoof -- a thoughtful provision of nature, enabling them to shine in a hurdle race.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90.27%	102	32,309
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	4.42%	5	157,705
Noun (proper)	3.54%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.77%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	113	N/A

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Hoof	Last name	130	63,246
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "hoof": beef on the hoof ♦ cloven hoof ♦ hoof it ♦ hoof oil ♦ horse hoof ♦ horse's hoof ♦ on the hoof ♦ sell cattle on the hoof ♦ show the cloven hoof ♦ To beat the hoof ♦ To hoof it ♦ to show the cloven hoof. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "hoof": hoof-and-mouth disease, hoof-beat, hoof-beats, hoof-like, hoof-mark, hoof-marks, hoof-pick, hoof-ploughed, hoof-print, hoof-prints, hoof-puddles, hoof-shaped.
	Ending with "hoof": on-the-hoof.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "hoof"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vallëzoj (dance, foot), thundër (oppression, socle), shputë këmbe, shputë (foot, slap, sole, toe), këmbë (abutment, foot, leg, locomotives, paw, peg, pin, shank, trotters), godas me thundër, eci (foot, go, hike, proceed, progress, step, tread, walk). (various references)

Arabic		‏حيوان من ذوات الحوافر, ‏حافر (unguis), ‏ظلف. (various references)

Bulgarian		ритам с копито, човешки крак, танцувам (dance, foot, hop, step it), копито, копитно животно (ungulate), вървя пеш (step it). (various references)

Chinese		蹄 (pork shoulder). (various references)

Czech		pazneht, kopyto (boot tree, last, shoetree). (various references)

Danish		hov (hoove). (various references)

Dutch		hoef (hoove). (various references)

Esperanto		hufo. (various references)

Faeroese		hógvur, kleyv. (various references)

Farsi		پای کوبیدن , کفشک , لگدزدن (Boot, Kick, Kickback, Poach), حیوان سم دار, سم (Nail, Poison, Venom), رقصیدن (Bale, Caper, Dance, Hop, Lope, Tumble), باسم زدن , بشکل سم (Ungulate). (various references)

Finnish		sorkka (claw), kavio (claw). (various references)

French		sabot (hoove). (various references)

German		huf (forint, hoove), Klaue (claw, clutch, pounce, talon, tentacle). (various references)

Greek		χηλή (Chela), οπλή (hoof (hooves), ungula). (various references)

Hebrew		פרסה (foot, horseshoe, shoe), עקב (because of, footprint, footstep, heel, in consequence, step, trace, trail), טלף. (various references)

Hungarian		pata (heel, hooves, horn). (various references)

Indonesian		kuku binatang. (various references)

Italian		zoccolo (base, baseboard, clog, foot, plinth, sabot, skirting). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		蹄 , 爪 (claw, fingernail or toenail, talon). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひづめ, つめ (an end, appointment, checkmate, claw, fingernail or toenail, keep doing for period of time, mate, packing, stuffing, talon, the foot). (various references)

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	umbin. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	calx. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ton dasupoda oti anagei mhrukismon touto kai oplhn ou dichlei akaqarton touto umin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Chyrogryllius qui ruminat ungulamque non dividit inmundus est
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	An vrchon, that chewith kude, and dyuideth not the clee, is vnclene;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And the Conye, for he cheweth the cud but deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes, therfore he is vnclene to you.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean to you.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 5
Cebuano	Ug ang conejo, kay nagapangusap, apan walay kuko nga pikas: mahugaw kini alang kaninyo.
Croatian	svisca, jer iako preživa, razdvojena papka nema - za vas je neèist;
Danish	Klippegrævlingen, thi den tygger vel Drøv, men har ikke Klove: den skal være eder uren;
Dutch	En het konijntje, want het herkauwt wel, maar verdeelt den klauw niet; dat zal u onrein zijn;
Finnish	tamaania, joka kyllä märehtii, mutta jolla ei ole sorkkia: se olkoon teille saastainen;
French	Vous ne mangerez pas le daman, qui rumine, mais qui n`a pas la corne fendue: vous le regarderez comme impur.
German	Die Kaninchen wiederkäuen wohl, aber sie spalten die Klauen nicht; darum sind sie unrein.
Haitian Creole	Nou gen daman ki remoute manje men ki pa gen zago yo fann.
Hungarian	A hörcsököt, mert kérõdzõ ugyan, de nem hasadt a körme; tisztátalan ez néktek.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dan kelinci, karena sungguhpun ia memamah biak, tetapi kukunya tiada terbelah, maka haramlah ia kepadamu;
Italian	l'ìrace, perché rumina, ma non ha l'unghia divisa, lo considererete immondo;
Maori	Me te koni, no te mea e whakahoki ake ana ano ia i te kai, otiia kahore i tararua te matimati; hei mea poke ia ki a koutou.
Norwegian	og fjellgrevlingen, for den tygger vel drøv, men har ikke klover, den skal være uren for eder,
Portuguese	o querogrilo, porque rumina mas não tem a unha fendida, esse vos será imundo;
Rumanian	Sq nu mkncayi iepurele de casq, care rumegq, dar n`are unghia despicatq: sq -l priviyi ca necurat.
Russian	Й ФХЫЛБОЮЙЛБ, РПФПНХ ЮФП ПО ЦХЕФ ЦЧБЮЛХ, ОП ЛПРЩФБ Х ОЕЗП ОЕ ТБЪДЧПЕОЩ, ОЕЮЙУФ ПО ДМС ЧБУ,
Spanish	El conejo, porque rumia pero no tiene la pezuña partida, será para vosotros inmundo.
Swedish	men har icke klövar, han skall gälla for eder såsom oren; haren, ty han idisslar väl,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
hoof and mouth disease	99	equine hoof care	10
hoof	88	cloven hoof	9
horse hoof	68	hoof abscess	9
hoof and mouth	52	hoof problem	9
hoof care	27	hoof beat	9
horse hoof care	26	equine hoof repair	9
hoof horse trimming	25	goat hoof trimming	8
camel hoof	16	hoof repair	7
hoof trimming	16	hoof boot	7
horse hoof problem	15	hoof pick	7
hoof print	15	healthy hoof	7
hoof disease	14	van hoof	6
hoof horse trim	13	hearts hoof	6
hoof knife	12	hoof rot	6
horse hoof disease	12	disease hoof human in mouth	6
abcess hoof	12	hearted hoof	6
hoof of thunder	12	hoof tender	6
horse hoof picture	11	anatomy hoof	6
disease equine hoof	10	deer hoof	6
hoof horse repair	10	hoof separation wall	5
		hoof pig	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hoof": hoofbeat, hoofbeats, hoofed, hoofer, hoofers, hoofing, hoofless, hooflike, hoofprint, hoofprints, hoofs. (additional references)
	Words ending with "hoof": behoof, forehoof, whoof. (additional references)
	Words containing "hoof": forehoofs, shooflies, shoofly, whoofed, whoofing, whoofs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Hoof" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: foof, haif, hauf, heif, heiff, hief, hoaf, hoarf, hoco, Hoeff, hof, hoff, hogf, hoho, hojo, Hooe, hoofd, hooft, Hoog, hooh, Hool, hoon, hooo, hoooo, hoor, hoov, hopf, horf, houc, houf, howf, hoyo, hroof, Htoo, hubf, huf, hufoof, Khnopff, noof, ohoe, oof, ooof, phoof, whoof, yof, zoof. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "hoof" (pronounced huw"f)
2	-uw" f	aloof, goof, poof, proof, roof, rustproof, spoof, Woof.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-h-o-o"
	-1 letter: foh, oho, ooh.
	-2 letters: ho, of, oh.
	Words containing the letters "f-h-o-o"
	+1 letter: hoofs, whoof.
	+2 letters: behoof, hoofed, hoofer, loofah, whoofs.
	+3 letters: foghorn, foolish, foxhole, hoofers, hoofing, hotfoot, loofahs, pooftah, shadoof, shoofly, showoff, whoofed.
	+4 letters: finochio, fishhook, foghorns, foolfish, footbath, foothill, foothold, footpath, forehoof, foreshow, forsooth, foxholes, foxhound, haftorot, hoofbeat, hoofless, hooflike, hotfoots, moonfish, offshoot, offshore, pooftahs, selfhood, serfhood, shadoofs, shofroth, showoffs, whoofing, wifehood.
	+5 letters: bookshelf, dogfought, falsehood, finochios, fishhooks, flophouse, foolhardy, foolisher, foolishly, footbaths, footcloth, foothills, footholds, footpaths, forehoofs, foreshock, foreshore, foreshown, foreshows, foxhounds, goosefish, haftoroth, heatproof, hoarfrost, homograft, honorific, hoofbeats, hoofprint, hotfooted, hydrofoil, mothproof, offshoots, outfought, selfhoods, serfhoods, shooflies, soothfast, wifehoods, wolfhound.
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Hoof

Definition: Hoof

Hoof

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