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Noun spur has 5 senses
- goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
--1 is a kind of encouragement
- spur, spine - any pointed projection
--2 is a kind of projection
- spur - tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
--3 is a kind of plant process, enation
- spur, gad - 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"
--4 is a kind of prod, goad
--4 is a part of boot
--4 has parts: rowel
- branch line, spur track, spur - a railway line connected to a trunk line
--5 is a kind of line, railway line, rail line
--5 has particulars: loop-line
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