Spur
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- (FIGURATIVE) អ្វីៗជាគ្រឿងលើកទឹកចិត្ដ cock spur ខ្នាយ
Example: The will to win to a spur to athletes to do their vary best in competitive sports. - 2.
- (FIGURATIVE) Spur them on ធ្វើអោយមានសន្ទុះទឹកចិត្ដ
noun
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- (a stimulus or incentive something shaped like a spur, a hard projection on a flower, a ridge projecting from a mountain or mountain range, a short side track connected with the main track of a railway) ទ្រនិច (សត្វល្អិត), បន្លា
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) គ្រឿងជំរុញទឹកចិត្ត, ផ្លូវតូចៗដែលបំបែកចេញពីផ្លូវធំ
verb — past tense: spurred ; past participle: spurred ; present participle: spurring ;
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- ចាក់អោយរត់លឿនឡើង, លើកទឹកចិត្ត
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To prick with spurs, to urge on, to hurry. -on the spur, of the moment abruptly and impulsively) រុញ, ច្រាន, ជំរុញ, ប្រព្រឹត្ដជ្រុល, ដាក់ជន្លួញ, ចាក់ដោយជន្លួញ, ទិច, ដាស់សតិ, លើកទឹកចិត្ដ, ស្រោបខ្នាយមាន spur a cock ដាក់ខ្នាយ, spur a horse ចាក់នឹងក្រចាប់
Example: The cowboy spurred his horse, The mans hunger spurred him to work hard.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
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- That which goads to action; an incitement.
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- Something that projects; a snag.
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- One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
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- Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
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- A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
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- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.
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- A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
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- The short wooden buttress of a post.
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- A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
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- Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
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- Ergotized rye or other grain.
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- A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
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- A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
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- A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
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- A branch of a vein.
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- The track of an animal, as an otter; a spoor.
verb — past tense: spurred ; past participle: spurred ; present participle: spurring ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
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- cause, impulse, incitement, inducement, motive, principle, purpose, reason, stimulus
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- action, attempt, dead, effort, result
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- A sparrow
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- A tern