🏇

spur

verb

/spɜːr/

Meaning

To encourage or motivate someone to take action.

The teacher's praise spurred him to study harder.

spur of the moment

encourage, motivate, inspire, prompt, stimulate

deter, discourage

spur action, spur growth, spur development

to persuade someone gently or gradually to do something

to send or pass something from one place or person to another

to attract someone into doing something, especially something they might not normally do

to welcome someone; to say hello

to burn the surface of something slightly

to criticize someone or something harshly; to reprimand severely