Betekenis van:
spur

spur
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • beugel om een rijlaars
  • a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
"cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"

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spur
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • morele druk
  • a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

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spur
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

    Hyperoniemen

    spur
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • any sharply pointed projection

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      spur
      Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • zijspoor, zijlijn
      • a railway line connected to a trunk line

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      to spur
      Werkwoord
        • equip with spurs
        "spur horses"

        Hyperoniemen

        to spur
        Werkwoord
          • incite or stimulate
          "The Academy was formed to spur research"

          Hyperoniemen

          to spur
          Werkwoord
            • goad with spurs
            "the rider spurred his horse"

            Hyperoniemen

            to spur
            Werkwoord
              • strike with a spur

              Hyperoniemen

              to spur
              Werkwoord
                • give heart or courage to

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                Voorbeeldzinnen

                1. More money for education will spur economic growth.
                2. He says things on the spur of the moment.
                3. It is difficult to get him to do anything on the spur of the moment.
                4. We eloped on the spur of the moment. It was so romantic!
                5. The number of space stations grew gradually over several centuries as humanity expanded into the Orion Spur of the galaxy.
                6. Thousands of years passed by as explorers zigzagged their way through the Orion Spur of the galaxy.
                7. That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?
                8. The Earth and the Solar System in which it is are located in the Orion Spur, not even a full, genuine Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.
                9. Bevel and bevel/spur
                10. Spur and helical
                11. Spur-thighed tortoise
                12. Spur-thighed tortoise Testudo hermanni (II)
                13. Testudo graeca (II) Spur-thighed tortoise
                14. Gear boxes …, bevel and bevel/spur and helical gear boxes
                15. Gear boxes for stationary equipment, spur and helical gear boxes