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spur
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sp??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sp?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spura, spora, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sper-, *sperw- (“to twitch, push, fidget, be quick”).
Noun
spur (plural spurs)
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- Meronyms: rowel, prick
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22:
- Two sorts of spurs seem to have been in use about the time of the Conquest, one called a pryck, having only a single point like the gaffle of a fighting cock; the other consisting of a number of points of considerable length, radiating from and revolving on a center, thence named the rouelle or wheel spur.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- 1832, The Atheneum (volume 31, page 493)
- I had hardly said the word, when Kit jumped into the saddle, and gave his horse a whip and a spur — and off it cantered, as if it were in as great a hurry to be married as Kit himself.
- 1832, The Atheneum (volume 31, page 493)
- (figuratively) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- Roots, tree roots.
- (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- 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.
- (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- (architecture) 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.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- (mining) A branch of a vein.
- (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
- (transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- (botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
Derived terms
- spur gear
- spur-leather
- spur-of-the-moment
- spur road
Translations
Verb
spur (third-person singular simple present spurs, present participle spurring, simple past and past participle spurred)
- (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act V, Scene III, line 339:
- Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood; Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act V, Scene III, line 339:
- (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- Synonyms: incite, stimulate, instigate, impel, drive; see also Thesaurus:incite
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV, line 4.
- My desire / (More sharp than filed steel) did spur me forth...
- (transitive) To put spurs on.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
Derived terms
- spur on
Translations
Etymology 2
See sparrow.
Noun
spur (plural spurs)
- A tern.
Etymology 3
Short for spurious.
Noun
spur (plural spurs)
- (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
Etymology 4
Noun
spur (plural spurs)
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
Translations
Etymology 5
Verb
spur (third-person singular simple present spurs, present participle spurring, simple past and past participle spurred)
- (obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of speer.
- 1638, Thomas Heywood, "The Rape of Lucrece. A true Roman Tragedy", in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood, Vol. V, John Pearson, 1874, pages 230 & 231.
- The Pall Mall Magazine, Vol. 33, 1904, page 435.
- 1638, Thomas Heywood, "The Rape of Lucrece. A true Roman Tragedy", in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood, Vol. V, John Pearson, 1874, pages 230 & 231.
Anagrams
- Prus, purs, surp
Middle English
Noun
spur
- Alternative form of spore
Scots
Alternative forms
- sparra
- spug
- spuggie
- speug
Noun
spur (plural spurs)
- sparrow
References
- “spur” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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ground
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English grounde, from Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?mtu-. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grundë (“brittle earth”).
Alternative forms
- GND (contraction used in electronics)
Noun
ground (countable and uncountable, plural grounds)
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
- (uncountable) Terrain.
- Soil, earth.
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- (figuratively, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- crimson flowers on a white ground
- (sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- (point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- Brussels ground
- (etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
- (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.
- (countable) A soccer stadium.
- (electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard III, act III, scene vii, in: The Works of Shake?pear V (1726), page 149:
- Buck[ingham] The Mayor is here at hand; pretend ?ome fear, // Be not you ?poke with, but by mighty ?uit; // And look you get a prayer-book in your hand, // And ?tand between two churchmen, good my lord, // For on that ground I’ll build a holy de?cant: // And be not ea?ily won to our reque?ts: // Play the maid’s part, ?till an?wer nay, and take it.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Moore (Encyc.) to this entry?)
- 1592, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of Richard III, act III, scene vii, in: The Works of Shake?pear V (1726), page 149:
- The pit of a theatre.
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
- the understanding gentlemen o' the ground here ask'd my judgment
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
Synonyms
- (electricity) earth (British)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- Pages starting with “ground”.
Translations
See also
- floor
- terra firma
Verb
ground (third-person singular simple present grounds, present participle grounding, simple past and past participle grounded)
- (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- Synonym: earth
- (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- Synonym: gate
- If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
- Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
- My kids are currently grounded from television.
- (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
- Jim was grounded in maths.
- (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
- To place something on the ground.
- (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- The ship grounded on the bar.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- being rooted and grounded in love
- So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
- (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- I ground myself with meditation.
Translations
Etymology 2
Inflected form of grind. See also milled.
Verb
ground
- simple past tense and past participle of grind
Adjective
ground (not comparable)
- Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
- Synonym: milled
- Processed by grinding.
- 2018, H Glimpel, HJ Lauffer, A Bremstahler, Finishing Tool, In Particular End Milling Cutter, US Patent App. 15/764,739
- An advantage of such a finishing tool is that, after the machining, the workpiece has high surface quality. The surface which is produced appears finely ground to polished by means of this procedure.
- 2018, H Glimpel, HJ Lauffer, A Bremstahler, Finishing Tool, In Particular End Milling Cutter, US Patent App. 15/764,739
Derived terms
- ground beef
- ground pepper
- stoneground
Translations
References
- ground at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- dog run
Middle English
Alternative forms
- grund, grounde
Etymology
From Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru?nd/
Noun
ground
- ground
- Earth
Declension
Descendants
- English: ground
- ? Fiji Hindi: garaund
- ? Maltese: grawnd
- Scots: grund, groond, greund
- Yola: greoune
References
- “gr?und, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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