Word: Spur
How to pronounce: spɜː
Noun
Definitions:
1. A device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
Example sentences: "Jacobs said he used the spurs to control the horse and that any force he used was to control the horse and keep himself out of danger."
2. A thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive.
Example sentences: "Profit was both the spur and the reward of enterprise"
3. A projection from a mountain or mountain range.
Example sentences: "It's an easy walk up the spur that leads to the summit"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.
2. Give an incentive or encouragement to (someone)
3. Prune in (a side shoot of a plant) so as to form a spur close to the stem.
Synonyms:
stimulus
incentive
impetus
motivation
stimulant
boost
motivate
encourage
induce
stimulate
prod
goad
buttress
support
incite
ridge
incitement
instigation
branch line
momentum
impulse
Derivations:
spurn
spurt
spurred
spurring
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Spur in Other Languages...
Spanish: Estimular
German: Spore
French: Stimuler
Italian: Sperone
Turkish: Mahmuz
