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The Meaning of spur
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(n.) A sparrow.
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(n.) A tern.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
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(n.) Something that projects; a snag.
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(n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
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(n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
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(n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
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(n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
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(n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
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(n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
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(v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
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(v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
Synonyms
spur track
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goading
,
spurring
,
prod
,
prodding
,
gad
,
importunity
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urgency
,
urging
,
goad
,
acantha
,
spine
,
branch line
,
sticker
,
spikelet
,
prickle
,
pricker
,
thorn
,
spinal column
,
back
,
backbone
,
rachis
,
vertebral column
,
generalized anxiety disorder
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anxiety reaction
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needle
,
prick
,
promote
,
advance
,
boost
,
further
,
encourage
Homophones
spurr
Rhymes
amateur
,
bir
,
birr
,
blur
,
bur
,
burr
,
chauffeur
,
chesshir
,
cofer
,
concur
,
confer
,
connoisseur
,
credeur
,
cur
,
defer
,
demur
,
der
,
derbyshire
,
deter
,
dirr
,
dufur
,
duhr
,
durr
,
entrepreneur
,
esquer
,
eure
,
fer
,
fir
,
fleur
,
fluhr
,
francoeur
,
fur
,
furr
,
furrh
,
gurr
,
her
,
hur
,
incur
,
infer
,
inter
,
jerr
,
ker
,
kerr
,
larkspur
,
liqueur
,
longspur
,
mccur
,
mcgirr
,
monsieur
,
murr
,
myrrh
,
nurre
,
occur
,
payeur
,
per
,
pere
,
prefer
,
pur
,
purr
,
ramseur
,
recur
,
redifer
,
refer
,
reoccur
,
restaurateur
,
saboteur
,
scher
,
schreur
,
schur
,
schurr
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schwer
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sher
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shir
,
shirr
,
shur
,
shurr
,
sir
,
slur
,
spurr
,
stir
,
stuhr
,
sur
,
swor
,
ter
,
thur
,
transfer
,
ur
,
were