spur

«spur» in Mova's school dictionary: a small metal spike or wheel on the back of a rider's… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a spur, spurs); verb (spur, spurs, spurred, spurring)

meaning for a pupil

1) A spur is a small metal spike or wheel on the back of a rider's boot, used to push a horse to go faster. tree →

2) To spur someone on is to encourage them to try harder or go faster. tree →

3) A spur is something that makes you act: «a spur to action». tree →

4) «On the spur of the moment» means suddenly, without planning. tree →

5) In geography a spur is a ridge of high land that sticks out from a hill or mountain into a valley. tree →

6) A spur is a sharp point on the back of the leg of some birds, such as a rooster. tree →

7) (a name) Spurs is the nickname of Tottenham Hotspur football club and San Antonio Spurs basketball team. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons on rivers you learn about «interlocking spurs», the ridges a young river winds around in a V-shaped valley. In cowboy stories and films riders have jingling spurs. In everyday life, cheering spurs on runners at sports day. Phrases: spur on, on the spur of the moment, spurred into action, interlocking spurs.

examples

• The cowboy's spurs jingled as he walked. tree →
• The crowd's cheers spurred her on to win the race. tree →
• On the spur of the moment, we decided to go to the beach. tree →
• The river winds between interlocking spurs. tree →
• The rooster had sharp spurs on its legs. tree →
• The fire spurred the town to build a new fire station. tree →
• He supports Spurs, not Arsenal. tree →
• Good marks spurred him to work even harder. tree →
• Hot with excitement, the Tsar spurred his horse on yet faster. tree →

note

Verb forms: spur, spurs, spurred, spurring (double r before -ed and -ing). Countable noun: a spur, spurs. «On the spur of the moment» is an idiom: no planning. «Spur on» means encourage, often with «to»: «The coach spurred us on to score.»

In the corpora

• The Sun lies about 26,000 light years from the galaxy's centre, in a smaller arm called the Orion Spur.
• Therefore the LORD doth set upon high the adversaries of Rezin against him, and spur his enemies;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «spur» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.