SPURRED

Definition: SPURRED

SPURRED

Adjective

1. Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.

2. Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Spur

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "SPURRED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Preparation

In full feather, in best bib and tucker; in harness, at harness; in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint; up in arms; armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie; sword in hand; booted and spurred.

Sharpness

Adjective: sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform; aculeated, acuminated; pointed; tapering; conical, pyramidal; mucronate, mucronated; spindle shaped, needle shaped; spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient; cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated; cornute, cornuted, cornicultate; prickly; spiny, spinous, spicular; thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary; craggy; (rough); snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform; dentiform, denticulated; toothed; odontoid; starlike; stellated, stelliform; sagittate, sagittiform; arrowheaded; arrowy, barbed, spurred.

Crosswords: SPURRED

Jackson delegate ticket. No "favored few, booted and spurred, ready to ride us legitimately by the grace of God". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Most genes can do little until spurred on by other substances. (references)

These findings from the NINDS perinatal study have profoundly altered medical theories about cerebral palsy and have spurred today's researchers to explore alternative causes. (references)

Business

Development of data networks was spurred by growing needs and strong competition. (references)

The plastic processing industry will be spurred by development of the following downstream industries. (references)

In the next several years, demand for software will be spurred primarily by the rapidly expanding number of first-time users. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bulgaria

This station has spurred new programming initiatives from Bulgarian National Television (BNT). A second license for a nationwide private television channel, which was awarded in October 2000 to Nova Television (NTV), was revoked in July after the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that it had been awarded in violation of procedures. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Renewed confidence in the economy also spurred a revival in domestic demand. (references)

Ghana

For example, the rise in the number of labor disputes in recent years has spurred review of labor laws. (references)

Human Rights

Indonesia

A significant increase of killings occurred in November and December, apparently spurred by Laskar Jihad militants. (references)

Minorities

Indonesia

An upswelling of killings occurred in Central Sulawesi in November and December, apparently spurred by Laskar Jihad militants. (references)

Political Economy

HONG KONG

Relative labor market tightness and high job turnover have spurred continuing improvements in working conditions as employers compete for available workers. (references)

Trade

Russia

Real growth in the economy has spurred some lending by financial institutions; it has also led to domestic and foreign investment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "SPURRED": booted and spurred ♦ spurred corolla ♦ spurred gentian. Additional references.

Ending with "SPURRED": double-spurred.

Containing "SPURRED": long-spurred violet, short-spurred fragrant orchid.

Chinese 

激励 (Arousal, spurring). (various references)

Danish

knaelaebe (spurred coral-root). (various references)

Dutch

spookorchis (spurred coral-root). (various references)

French

epipogon sans feuilles (spurred coral-root). (various references)

German

gespornt, spornte (spured). (various references)

Greek 

επιπώγων ο άφυλλος (spurred coral-root). (various references)

Hungarian

vágytól hajtva (spurred on by desire), vágytól űzve (spurred on by desire), anyarozs (ergot, spur, spurred rye). (various references)

Korean 

박차를 가하ëŠ". (various references)

Pig Latin

urredspay

Romanian

pintenat. (various references)

Russian 

побуждать (actuate, determine, excite, goad, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invite, motivate, prompt, provoke, resolve, spirit, stimulate). (various references)

Swedish

försedd med sporrar. (various references)

Turkish

uzantılı, mahmuzlu. (various references)

Misspellings

"SPURRED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scurred, skurred, spored, spuere, spure, spurre, spurrend, Spurrier, spurued. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: drupes, dupers, perdus, prudes, purred, pursed, purser.

-2 letters: drupe, druse, duper, dupes, dures, durrs, perdu, prude, pseud, purer, purrs, purse, ruder, ruers, sprue, spued, super, surer.

-3 letters: dues, dupe, dups, dure, durr, errs, peds, puds, pure, purr, purs, reds, reps, rude, rued, ruer, rues, ruse, sped, spud, spue, spur, sued, suer, supe, surd.

+1 letter: perdures.

+2 letters: disrupter, persuader, preluders, pressured, producers, protrudes, pruderies, purebreds, repursued, superroad, surprised, surprized, upstirred.

+3 letters: departures, disrupters, persuaders, plunderers, prejudgers, procedures, reproduces, resprouted, rudderpost, superboard, superorder, superroads, superseder, surprinted, underparts, upbraiders, uredospore.

+4 letters: coproducers, dropperfuls, droppersful, eurypterids, premeasured, pressurised, pressurized, procedurals, propounders, reproducers, repudiators, repurchased, rudderposts, rustproofed, superboards, superharden, supermodern, superorders, superseders, supersedure, underprices, unpressured, unrepressed, unsurprised, urediospore, uredospores.