hoof

noun (a hoof, hooves or hoofs)

«hoof» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A hoof is the hard part of the foot of animals like horses, cows, deer, goats, sheep and pigs. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons, hooves are an example of animal adaptation: they are made of keratin, like our fingernails, and help animals run on hard ground. A farrier trims horses' hooves and fits horseshoes. Animals with hooves are called hoofed animals or ungulates. In stories, the sound of hooves tells that horses are coming. Phrases: the clatter of hooves, cloven hooves (split in two, like a cow's).

Examples

The horse's hooves clattered on the road. tree →
A farrier puts metal shoes on a horse's hooves. tree →
Cows and sheep have cloven hooves, split into two parts. tree →
Hooves are made of the same stuff as your fingernails. tree →
We heard hooves coming up the lane. tree →
The deer's hoof left a print in the mud. tree →
A Bull trampled him with his heavy hoofs. tree →

Note

Plural: hooves (more common) or hoofs. Like «leaf, leaves» and «wolf, wolves». Trimming a hoof does not hurt the animal, just like cutting nails.

In Jewish tradition

The hoof is the sign used to sort animals. Only those that part the hoof and chew the cud may be eaten.

Interpretation. Tradition counts split hooves and chewing the cud as the two signs of a kosher land animal. Animals with only one sign, such as the camel and the pig, are forbidden.

Examples

And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.6, JPS 1917) tree →
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. (Torah LEV.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →
And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. (Writings PSA.69.32, JPS 1917) tree →
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind; (Prophets ISA.5.28, JPS 1917) tree →
I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. (Prophets EZK.32.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Plural: hooves (more common) or hoofs. Like «leaf, leaves» and «wolf, wolves». Trimming a hoof does not hurt the animal, just like cutting nails.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «hoof» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «hoof» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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