spur

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
2. A jab given with the spurs.
3. Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
4. An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
5. Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
6. Roots, tree roots.
7. A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
8. 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.
9. A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
10. The short wooden buttress of a post.
11. 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.
12. Ergotized rye or other grain.
13. A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
14. A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
15. A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
16. A branch of a vein.
17. A very short branch line of a railway line.
18. A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
19. A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.

Verb

1. To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
2. To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
3. To put spurs on.
4. To press forward; to travel in great haste.
5. To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)

Verb

Alternative form of speer.

Синонимы

urge

stimulate

prod

encourage

goad

incite

impel

instigate

stir up

prompt

spur on

abet

stir

incentive

trigger

provocate

motive

stimulus

branch line

provoke

spine

prick

fillip

push

drive

impetus

sting

stimulator

urging

gad

force

urge on

spur track

blow upon

egg on

spurring

acantha

needle

ram

🐏

ridge

rouse

rower

impulse

impulsion

overcharge

goading

motivate

press

branch

inspire

prodding

projection

inducement

arouse

cause

kick

jut

knife

🔪

lateral

ledge

leg

🦵

ligule

mouth

move

nag

nail

nettle

nip

nose

👃

offset

overhang

pick

⛏️

pique

poke

prickle

prime mover

prong

propulsion

protuberance

provocation

puncture

root for

shank

sharp

shoot

sidetrack

siding

speed

spike

spoor

spring

stayer

stick

stilt

strutting

support

supporter

talon

thorn

thrust

tongue

👅

trace

track

trajectory

turn on

turnout

twinge

vellicate

vestige

backslap

moving spirit

cockspur

tubular nectary

staddle

motivation

cock’s spur

ride fast

railroad siding

spur dike

offspur

wing dam

groin, groyne

creep path

tributary line

spurline

activate

actuation

appendage

barb

battering ram

beak

boost

branching

bring forth

buoy

canter

catalyst

center

centre

cheer

claw

clue

core

create

cusp

dewclaw

downtown

driving force

dynamic

embolden

embroider

encouragement

ergot

escapement

evoke

expedite

feed

feeder line

fetlock

filigree

foment

foothill

furtherance

gaff

gallop

groyne

hasten

heel

hook

🪝

hunch

incentives

incitement

induce

influence

instigator

invigorate

jab

jack

jetty

jostle

Произносится как (IPA)

/spɜː/

Этимология (Английский)

From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).