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spurred

UK/spɜːd/US/spɜɹd/

spurred is the simple past and past participle of spur.

Adjective

spurred (not comparable)

  1. Wearing spurs.
    • a booted and spurred cowboy
    Synonyms:
    bespurred
  2. Furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
    • a spurred corolla
  3. Affected with spur, or ergot.
    • spurred rye

Meaning of spur

Verb

spur (third-person singular simple present spurs, present participle spurring, simple past and past participle spurred)

  1. (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
    • Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood; Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
    • My desire / (More sharp than filed steel) did spur me forth...c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (transitive) To put spurs on.
    • to spur boots
  4. (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
  5. To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
    • It spurs off the Robin Hood line, providing ten miles of single-line test track with a three-mile double section, capable of testing up to 75mph.2021 June 16, Andrew Mourant, “Plans for new test centre remain on track: Testing for rolling stock and infrastructure”, in RAIL, number 933, page 42

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Questions about spurred

What does spurred mean?
Spurred means wearing spurs.
What is spurred the simple past and past participle of?
Spurred is the simple past and past participle of spur.
What part of speech is spurred?
Spurred is an adjective.
How do you pronounce spurred?
Spurred is pronounced /spɜːd/ (UK).

Words near spurred in the dictionary

  1. spurnings
  2. spurns
  3. spurnwater
  4. spurnwaters
  5. Spurr
  6. spurred
  7. spurred on
  8. spurrer
  9. spurrers
  10. spurrest
  11. spurreth

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