To spur something on is to get it going, to encourage it, to hasten it or stimulate. Cowboys wear spiky metal tools called spurs on their boots to kick their horses and spur them to greater speed.
A sparrow.
Noun
a railway line connected to a trunk line
Noun
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"
Noun
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
Noun
tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
Noun
any pointed projection
Verb
goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"
Verb
equip with spurs; "spur horses"
Verb
strike with a spur
Verb
give heart or courage to
Verb
incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"
n.
A sparrow.
n.
A tern.
n.
An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a
horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small
wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
n.
That which goads to action; an incitement.
n.
Something that projects; a snag.
n.
One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
n.
Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain
burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's
leg.
n.
A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of
mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at
right angles.
n.
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to
enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the
blubber.
n.
A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a
rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
n.
The short wooden buttress of a post.
n.
A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the
angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the
bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved
in leafage.
n.
Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
n.
Ergotized rye or other grain.
n.
A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner
wall.
n.
A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching,
having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
n.
A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the
deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
v. t.
To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to
urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
v. t.
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous
pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel;
to drive.
v. t.
To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
v. i.
To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to
hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
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And on her feet a pair of spurs large.2.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days.3.
Spur
Love will not be spurred to what it loathes.3.
Spur
The Parthians shall be there, And, spurring from the fight, confess their fear.
The roads leading to the capital were covered with multitudes of yeomen, spurring hard to Westminster.
Some bold men, . . . by spurring on, refine themselves.
A sparrow.
An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad;
To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
Usage Examples
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.
Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry.
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