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Definition of 'spur'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) spur
a

2.  spur
something that goads to action.

3.  spur
a stiff, usu. sharp, horny process on the leg of various birds, esp. the domestic rooster, or on the bend of the wing, as in jacanas and screamers.

4.  spur
an abnormal bony growth or projection.

5.  spur
a gaff fastened to the leg of a gamecock.

6.  spur
a ridge or line of elevation projecting from or subordinate to the main body of a mountain or mountain range.

7.  spur
a short or stunted branch or shoot, as of a tree.

8.  spur
a slender, usu. hollow projection from some part of a flower.

9.  spur
a short shoot bearing flowers.

10.  spur
a short wooden brace for strengthening a post or other part.

11.  spur
any offset from a wall, as a buttress.

12.  spur
a short branch track leading from the main track.

13. (v.t.) spur
to prick with or as if with a spur or spurs; incite or urge on.

14.  spur
to furnish with spurs or a spur.

15. (v.i.) spur
to goad or urge one's horse with spurs.

16.  spur
to proceed hurriedly; press forward.

Definition of 'spur'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"

2. (noun) spur, spine, acantha
any sharply pointed projection

3. (noun) spur
tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

4. (noun) spur, gad
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
"cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"

5. (verb) branch line, spur track, spur
a railway line connected to a trunk line

6. (verb) spur
incite or stimulate
"The Academy was formed to spur research"

7. (verb) spur, goad
give heart or courage to

8. (verb) spur
strike with a spur

9. (verb) spur
goad with spurs
"the rider spurred his horse"

10. (verb) spur
equip with spurs
"spur horses"

Definition of 'spur'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) spur
on the spur of the moment
quickly and without planning
We decided to drive to the beach on the spur of the moment.

2. (verb) spur
to encourage or push sb to do sth
His guilt spurred him to call her.; His past failures spurred him on.

Definition of 'spur'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) spur
a sparrow

2. (noun) spur
a tern

3. (noun) spur
an implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood

4. (noun) spur
that which goads to action; an incitement

5. (noun) spur
something that projects; a snag

6. (noun) spur
one of the large or principal roots of a tree

7. (noun) spur
any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg

8. (noun) spur
a mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles

9. (noun) spur
a spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber

10. (noun) spur
a brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut

11. (noun) spur
the short wooden buttress of a post

12. (noun) spur
a projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage

13. (noun) spur
any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur

14. (noun) spur
ergotized rye or other grain

15. (noun) spur
a wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall

16. (noun) spur
a piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side

17. (noun) spur
a curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed

18. (verb) spur
to prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse

19. (verb) spur
to urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive

20. (verb) spur
to put spurs on; as, a spurred boot

21. (verb) spur
to spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit

Translation of 'spur'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small instrument with a sharp point or points that a rider wears on his heels and digs into the horse's sides to make it go faster.
Afrikaans: spoor	Arabic: مِهْماز	Bulgarian: шпора
Brazilian: espora	Czech: ostruha	German: der Sporn
Danish: spore	Greek: σπιρούνι	Estonian: kannus
Farsi: مهميز	Finnish: kannus	French: éperon
Hebrew: דוֹרבָן	Hindi: महमेज	Croatian: ostruga, mamuza
Hungarian: sarkantyú	Indonesian: taji	Icelandic: spori
Italian: sperone, sprone	Japanese: 拍車	Korean: 박차
Lithuanian: pentinas	Latvian: piesis	Malay: taji
Dutch: spoor	Norwegian: spore	Polish: ostroga
Portuguese: espora	Romanian: pinten	Russian: шпора
Slovak: ostroha	Slovenian: ostroga	Serbian: mamuza
Swedish: sporre	Thai: เดือยสวมที่ส้นรองเท้า	Turkish: mahmuz
Taiwanese: 踢馬刺	Ukrainian: шпора	Urdu: ایڑ، مہمیز، گھڑ سوار کی ا
Vietnamese: đinh thúc ngựa	Chinese: 踢马刺
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