1. • noun - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
   • noun - any sharply pointed projection
   • noun - tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
   • noun - a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
   • noun - a railway line connected to a trunk line
   • verb - incite or stimulate
   • verb - give heart or courage to
   • verb - strike with a spur
   • verb - goad with spurs
   • verb - equip with spurs
2. • A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider’s boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
   • Something that serves as a goad or an incentive.
   • A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.
   • A climbing iron; a crampon.
   • A gaff attached to the leg of a gamecock.
   • A short or stunted branch of a tree.
   • A bony outgrowth or protuberance.
   • A lateral ridge projecting from a mountain or mountain range.
   • An oblique reinforcing prop or stay of timber or masonry.
   • A tubular or saclike extension of the corolla or calyx of a flower, as in a columbine or larkspur.
   • An ergot growing on rye.
   • A spur track.
   • To urge (a horse) on by the use of spurs.
   • To incite or stimulate: “A business tax cut is needed to spur industrial investment” (New York Times).
   • To ride quickly by spurring a horse.
   • To proceed in haste.
3. • v - to urge on with a spur (a horseman's goad)

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