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spur

1  [spur] ,noun, verb, spurred, spur⋅ring.
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–noun
1. a U-shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
2. anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement.
3. climbing iron.
4. Ornithology. a stiff, usually 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.
5. Pathology. a bony projection or exostosis.
6. a sharp piercing or cutting instrument fastened to the leg of a gamecock in cockfighting; gaff.
7. Physical Geography. a ridge or line of elevation projecting from or subordinate to the main body of a mountain or mountain range.
8. something that projects and resembles or suggests a gaff; sharp projection.
9. a short or stunted branch or shoot, as of a tree.
10. Typography. a short, seriflike projection from the bottom of the short vertical stroke in the capital G in some fonts.
11. wing dam.
12. Botany.
a. a slender, usually hollow, projection from some part of a flower, as from the calyx of the larkspur or the corolla of the violet.
b. Also called spur shoot. a short shoot bearing flowers, as in fruit trees.
13. Architecture.
a. a short wooden brace, usually temporary, for strengthening a post or some other part.
b. any offset from a wall, as a buttress.
c. griffe 2 .
14. Ceramics. a triangular support of refractory clay for an object being fired.
15. Railroads. spur track.
–verb (used with object)
16. to prick with or as if with a spur or spurs; incite or urge on: The rider spurred his mount ruthlessly. Appreciation spurs ambition.
17. to strike or wound with the spur, as a gamecock.
18. to furnish with spurs or a spur.
–verb (used without object)
19. to goad or urge one's horse with spurs or a spur; ride quickly.
20. to proceed hurriedly; press forward: We spurred onward through the night.
—Idioms
21. on the spur of the moment, without deliberation; impulsively; suddenly: We headed for the beach on the spur of the moment.
22. win one's spurs, to achieve distinction or success for the first time; prove one's ability or worth: Our team hasn't won its spurs yet.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME spure, OE spura; c. OHG sporo, ON spori spur; akin to spurn; (v.) ME spuren, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
spurless, adjective
spurlike, adjective
spurrer, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. goad. 2. incitement, stimulus, incentive, inducement, provocation, instigation. 16. goad, provoke, stimulate, impel, inspire, induce, instigate.

Antonyms:
16. discourage.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: spur
Pronunciation: 'sp&r
Function: noun
: a sharp and especially bony outgrowth (as on the heel of the foot) —spurred /'sp&rd/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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spur (spûr)
n.
A spine or projection from a bone.

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spur   (spûr)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A small ridge that projects sharply from the side of a larger hill or mountain.

  2. A projection from a bone, as on the heel of the foot.


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