Word: spur

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Synonyms: spur

eyeglass

Translations: spur

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spanish
Translations:
acicate, espolón, espolear
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german
Translations:
sporn, ansporn
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french
Translations:
aiguillon, encouragement, éperon, aiguillonner, stimulant, ergot, éperonner, contrefort, impulsion, hâter
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italian
Translations:
sperone, spronare, sprone
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portuguese
Translations:
brotar
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dutch
Translations:
prikkelen
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russian
Translations:
шпорить, побуждать, поощрение, понукать, шпора, отрог, отросток, растормошить, пришпоривать, пришпорить
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finnish
Translations:
kannustus, kannustaa, kirittää, rohkaisu, yllytys
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czech
Translations:
pobídka, podnět, osten, popohnat, bodat, ostruha, popud, vzpruha, pobízet, urychlit, ...
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polish
Translations:
bodziec, gniazdo, rozporka, podnieta, popędzać, ostroga, ślad, odnoga, występ, falochron-ostroga, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
nyúlvány
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greek
Translations:
κεντρίζω, σπιρούνι, σπιρουνίζω, παρακινώ
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ukrainian
Translations:
стимул, відросток, пришпорювати, відріг, шпора
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bulgarian
Translations:
шпора
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estonian
Translations:
kannustama, kannus
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croatian
Translations:
mamuzati, ogranak, ogranaka
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latin
Translations:
calcar
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slovak
Translations:
osteň, bodec

The meaning and "use of": spur

noun
  • 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. - 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.
  • a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive. - profit was both the spur and the reward of enterprise
  • a thing that projects or branches off from a main body, in particular. - The gallery formed a spur jutting off the main building and was entered at its eastern end through the door that had not been walled up after Elizabeth's visit.
verb
  • urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides. - she spurred her horse toward the hedge

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