Assignment 2: Olympic Sport

Equestrian
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[count] : a person who rides horses

Hurdles
Function:
noun
Meaning:
1 a [count] : one of a series of barriers to be jumped over in a race b the hurdles : a race in which runners must jump over hurdles
▪ He won a medal in the high hurdles. —usually used with a singular verb
▪ The hurdles is his best event.
2 [count] : something that makes an achievement difficult
▪ The company faces severe financial hurdles this year.
▪ She overcame many hurdles [=obstacles] on her way to earning a college diploma.

Shot-put
Function:
noun
Meaning:
the shot put : an athletic event in which people compete by trying to throw a heavy metal ball (called a shot) as far as possible

Gymnastics
Function:
noun
Meaning:
1 [noncount] a : physical exercises for developing strength and balance
▪ They limbered up by practicing some gymnastics on the mat. b : a sport in which athletes are judged on how well they perform various physical exercises on a mat or on special equipment
▪ She won an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.
▪ He teaches gymnastics at the local high school.
2 [plural] : an activity that requires unusual ability or effort
▪ The singer's vocal gymnastics are impressive.
▪ It makes sense, but only after some complicated mental gymnastics.

Diving
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[noncount]
1 : a sport or activity in which people dive into water from a diving board or a platform
▪ He won a gold medal in diving.
2 : a sport or activity in which people swim underwater while using special equipment to breathe
▪ He likes deep-sea diving.
▪ We went diving on the coral reef. —often used before another noun
▪ diving equipment ▪ diving lessons —see also scuba diving

Badminton
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[noncount] : a game in which a light feathered object (called a shuttlecock) is hit over a net by players using light rackets —see picture at racket

Fencing
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[noncount]
1 : the art or sport of fighting with swords
2 : material that is used for making fences ▪ barbed-wire fencing

Field hockey
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[noncount] US + Canada : a game that is played on a field in which each team uses curved sticks to try to hit the ball into the opponent's goal —called also (chiefly Brit) hockey; —compare ice hockey

Martial arts
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[count] : any one of several forms of fighting and self-defense (such as karate and judo) that are widely practiced as sports
▪ He was trained in the martial arts.

Wrestling
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[noncount] : a sport in which two people try to throw, force, or pin each other to the ground
▪ My favorite sport is wrestling.
▪ He was on the wrestling team in high school.
▪ a wrestling match

Water polo
Function:
noun
Meaning:
[noncount] : a game that is played in water by two teams of swimmers who try to score by throwing a ball into a goal

Javelin
Function:
noun
Meaning:
1 [count] : a long spear that people throw as far as they can as a sport
2 the javelin : an event in which people compete by trying to throw a javelin farther than everyone else
▪ winner of the javelin

After using these online dictionaries, I think the Merriam-Webster's Learners' Dictionary is more better than others.But it is less example sentences there, it is more's the pity.