| spur | (noun) a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward | Synonyms: gad |
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| (noun) a railway line connected to a trunk line | Synonyms: branch line, spur track |
| (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spurring, urging |
| (noun) tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers | - |
| (noun) any sharply pointed projection | Synonyms: acantha, spine |
| (verb) goad with spurs | - |
| (verb) equip with spurs | - |
| (verb) strike with a spur | - |
| (verb) give heart or courage to | Synonyms: goad |
| (verb) incite or stimulate | - |
| spurge | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice | - |
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| spurious | (adjective) false or fake; not what it appears to be | Synonyms: inauthentic, unauthentic |
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| (adjective) plausible but false | Synonyms: specious |
| (adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten |
| (adjective) ostensibly valid, but not actually valid | - |
| spuriously | (adverb) in a false and spurious manner | - |
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| spuriousness | (noun) state of lacking genuineness | - |
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| spurn | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, turn down |
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| spurned | (adjective) rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | Synonyms: jilted, rejected |
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| spurner | (noun) a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt | - |
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| spurring | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spur, urging |
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| spurt | (noun) the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) | Synonyms: jet, spirt, squirt |
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| (verb) wet with a spurt of liquid | Synonyms: squirt |
| (verb) move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy | Synonyms: forge, spirt |
| (verb) gush forth in a sudden stream or jet | Synonyms: gush, spirt, spout |
| spurting | (adjective) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | Synonyms: jetting, spouting, squirting |
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