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spur
noun
1 a device with a spiky metal wheel, fitted to the heel of a horse-rider's boot, which is used for pressing into the horse's side to make it go faster.
2 anything that urges or encourages greater effort or progress.
3 a a spike or pointed part, eg on a cock's leg;
b a similar but artificial part on a fighting cock;
c any small spiky projection such as on the wing of certain birds or at the base of the corolla of some flowers.
4 a ridge of high land that projects out into a valley.
5 a a short branch of a tree, especially a fruit tree;
b a branch line or siding of a railway;
c a side or slip road of a motorway, etc.
6 a a breakwater;
b a structure which helps prevent erosion on a riverbank, etc.
verb (spurred , spurring )
1 (often spur someone or something on) to urge or encourage them or it.
2 to press with spurs.
3 to hurry up.
[Anglo-Saxon spura ]
spurless adjective .
spurry adjective .
earn or win one's spurs
1 formerly to prove oneself worthy of a knighthood through acts of bravery.
2 to show one's proficiency at something and so attain distinction.
on the spur of the moment suddenly; on an impulse.
noun
1 a device with a spiky metal wheel, fitted to the heel of a horse-rider's boot, which is used for pressing into the horse's side to make it go faster.
2 anything that urges or encourages greater effort or progress.
3 a a spike or pointed part, eg on a cock's leg;
b a similar but artificial part on a fighting cock;
c any small spiky projection such as on the wing of certain birds or at the base of the corolla of some flowers.
4 a ridge of high land that projects out into a valley.
5 a a short branch of a tree, especially a fruit tree;
b a branch line or siding of a railway;
c a side or slip road of a motorway, etc.
6 a a breakwater;
b a structure which helps prevent erosion on a riverbank, etc.
verb (spurred , spurring )
1 (often spur someone or something on) to urge or encourage them or it.
2 to press with spurs.
3 to hurry up.
[Anglo-Saxon spura ]
spurless adjective .
spurry adjective .
earn or win one's spurs
1 formerly to prove oneself worthy of a knighthood through acts of bravery.
2 to show one's proficiency at something and so attain distinction.
on the spur of the moment suddenly; on an impulse.
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