Definition of "hoof" []

• The horny sheath covering the toes or lower part of the foot of a mammal of the orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla, such as a horse, ox, or deer. (noun)
• The foot of such an animal, especially a horse. (noun)
• Slang The human foot. (noun)
• To trample with the hoofs. (verb-transitive)
• Slang To dance, especially as a professional. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Cloven hoof is what it is and maybe the clove is the evolution of claws."
• "And I thought about how "a horse's hoof is more delicate than it seems" and I am achingly delicate and fantastically strong."
• "And in the higher schools the cloven hoof is seen even more clearly."