A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
To overcome an obstacle.
To jump over something while running.
To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.
A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in, through meditation or other means.
A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.