spur
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definition
verb
she spurred her horse toward the hedge
urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.
noun
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 device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
profit was both the spur and the reward of enterprise
a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive.
translation of 'spur'
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noun
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We hope the Yorkshire Bank-sponsored grants of up to £1,000 per school will 'spur' people on to continue what we have started - because there is no room for complacency.
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.
'spur' back the lateral shoots
Inequality is natural, inevitable and may even be a good thing - a 'spur' to ambition, competition and achievement.
Computer makers hope that, along with reasonable prices, this will 'spur' demand.
It is hoped that the bank will cut its interest rates to 'spur' growth when its council next meets on Thursday.
It took them a week to reach the eastern 'spur' of the Waiongona Gorge, near the present Mountain House, the last camp before the summit attempt.
A rise in gas prices will 'spur' development of alternative energy sources.
The government says the tax cuts are needed to 'spur' a stagnant economy.
Any player averaging a hat-trick per game over an entire season is clearly not lacking talent, but Ross claims that enthusiasm is his main 'spur' .
Perhaps genius - even the illusion of genius - is a 'spur' that throws us forward.
Scores of business premises will be bulldozed to make way for the final section of the northern 'spur' of Sheffield's inner ring road.
For those not yet at the repayment date this could be a 'spur' to reconsider their mortgages.
Officials hope it will 'spur' the development of the corporate bond market in Hong Kong, boosting the city's role as a regional financial centre.
During visits to flowers in which the corolla 'spur' was removed, males directed their glossa to the tips of the connective appendages, making it clear that their search was for nectar.
Another 'spur' to expeditions from the 1790s was the desire of British Protestant churches to evangelize overseas.
Openness to trade acts as a 'spur' to efficiency, innovation, and international competitiveness generally.
wars act as a 'spur' to practical invention
The effects of the steroid was to quadruple testosterone levels in the body which helped 'spur' dramatic muscle growth, essential for swimming.
profit was both the 'spur' and the reward of enterprise
‘The new rules are designed to 'spur' people into putting more into their pension pot,’ Holt adds.
However, planners were reluctant to commit to having a rail 'spur' open by late 2010.
Robert Koch was getting a great deal of attention throughout Europe for his discoveries and the French versus German rivalry that occurred provided a great 'spur' to medical advances.
The company hopes new discounts and promotions will 'spur' demand in the second and third quarters.
It provides a lot of very smart and/or politically important people with a 'spur' to help the campaign as much as possible.
For example, proximity to one's home and community may act as a 'spur' to some to fight harder.
One difficulty is that improvements in technology 'spur' improvements in armaments.
The hilltop 'spur' has stunning views across the Severn valley.
To some extent, this has undoubtedly acted as a 'spur' to research, but I believe that it distorts more than it reveals, and that all ultimately lose by the process.
The terrain between the 'spur' of the mountain range and the sea is flat and thickly forested.
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