Defenition of the word spur
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Defenition of the word spur
- A kind of small sharp bony or horny spike pointing rearward, near the foot of certain male galliform birds.
- a railway line connected to a trunk line
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- goad with spurs, as of horses when riding
- equip with spurs: "spur horses"
- strike with a spur
- incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"
- a sharp device fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge the horse on
- give heart or courage to
- any pointed projection
- 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"
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"
- equip with spurs; "spur horses"
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- any sharply pointed projection
- goad with spurs
- equip with spurs
- incite or stimulate
Synonyms for the word spur
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- branch line
- etwas
- gad
- goad
- goading
- prod
- prodding
- spine
- spur track
- spurring
- urging
Meronymys for the word spur
Hyponyms for the word spur
Hypernyms for the word spur
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- advance
- boost
- bulge
- bump
- enation
- encourage
- encouragement
- equip
- excrescence
- extrusion
- fit
- fit out
- further
- gibbosity
- gibbousness
- goad
- hump
- jut
- line
- outfit
- plant process
- prod
- projection
- prominence
- promote
- protrusion
- protuberance
- rail line
- railway line
- strike
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