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(verb) goad with spurs, as of horses when riding |
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Related Words: goad |
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(verb) equip with spurs: "spur horses" |
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Related Words: equip, fit, fit out, outfit |
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(verb) strike with a spur |
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Related Words: strike |
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(verb) give heart or courage to |
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Synonyms: goad |
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Related Words: encourage |
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(verb) incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research" |
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Related Words: advance, boost, encourage, further, promote |
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(noun) a sharp device fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge the horse on |
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Synonyms: gad |
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Related Words: goad, prod |
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(noun) tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers |
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Related Words: enation, plant process |
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(noun) any pointed projection |
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Synonyms: spine |
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Related Words: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
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(noun) a railway line connected to a trunk line |
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Synonyms: branch line, spur track |
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Related Words: line, loop-line, rail line, railway line |
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(noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something |
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Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spurring, urging |
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Related Words: encouragement |
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