DEF: 1.To encourage (verb) 2. A sharp wheel used by horse riders to encourage the horses to go faster (noun).
EX: 1. The pandemic has spurred the medical industry to adapt digital technology.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
spur (noun)1.
a) a pointed device secured to a rider's heel and used to urge on the horse
b) from the acquisition of spurs by a person achieving knighthood recognition and reward for achievement - won his academic spurs as the holder of a chair in a university James Mountford
2.
a goad to action - stimulus
3.
something projecting like or suggesting a spur as
a) a projecting root or branch of a tree, shrub, or vine
b) (1) a stiff sharp spine (as on the wings or legs of a bird or insect) , especially one on a cock's leg
(2) a gaff for a gamecock
c) a hollow projecting appendage of a corolla or calyx (as in larkspur or columbine)
d) a bony outgrowth (as on the heel of the foot)
e) - climbing iron
4.
a) an angular projection, offshoot, or branch extending out beyond or away from a main body or formation , especially a ridge or lesser elevation that extends laterally from a mountain or mountain range
b) a railroad track that branches off from a main line
5.
a reinforcing buttress of masonry in a fortification motive
transitive verb
1.
to urge (a horse) on with - spurs
2.
to incite to action or accelerated growth or development - stimulate
3.
intransitive verb
to put spurs on to spur one's horse on
