Synonym: goad, prod, provoke, urge. Similar words: spurn, dispute, purely, purple, pursue, pursuit, purchase, purview. Meaning: [spɜr /spɜː] 
n. 1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something 2. any sharply pointed projection 3. tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers 4. a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward 5. a railway line connected to a trunk line. v. 1. incite or stimulate 2. give heart or courage to 3. strike with a spur 4. goad with spurs 5. equip with spurs.
n. 1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something 2. any sharply pointed projection 3. tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers 4. a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward 5. a railway line connected to a trunk line. v. 1. incite or stimulate 2. give heart or courage to 3. strike with a spur 4. goad with spurs 5. equip with spurs. 
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31. Governments cut interest rates to spur demand.
32. Then run in the spur cable and fit the new socket as before.
33. The book will help you tell one bird from another and that will be the spur to further enquiry.
34. Opinions have been divided whether the spur and groove systems are due to erosion or the constructive action of corals.
35. Analysts said lower mortgage rates have helped to spur demand for housing even as other parts of the economy have slowed.
36. Meanwhile, new technologies such as personal communications services -- a new generation of cellular phone -- also will spur demand.Sentencedict.com
37. Firms in those countries become the world leaders and begin to export as rising incomes spur demand elsewhere.
38. To make the spur less conspicuous, it can be stained brown with a special concrete stain.
39. This episode helped spur the revolutionary action taken against the king at the Westminster Parliament which opened a week later.
40. The spur for development in tests usually came from a pressing practical need.
41. This was seen as being a major spur to improving efficiency for the generating companies.
42. Financial analysts now say the Bundesbank may choose to cut interest rates, wark against inflation, not an economic spur.
43. Expansion of the personnel supply industry, in general, will also spur job growth.
44. He just took a calculated risk on the spur of the moment.
45. The hollow spur is connected to a venom gland situated behind the knee, and can inflict an agonising wound.
46. Asiatic cholera, a new enteric disease, provided the spur to action.
47. They make quick changes and responses on the spur of the moment.
48. The company none the less began regular shipping over the spur that year, which continued until 1965.
49. This served as a great incentive to spur her on.
50. The male platypus possesses on its hind legs a large, reversible spur.
51. On the spur of the moment, Matilda decided that the one person she would like to confide in was Miss Honey.
52. However, a smouldering sense of injustice at the manner of this defeat may provide the spur Wimbledon need.
53. When she got through he said he had taken a train on the spur of the moment and was in Bristol.
54. This could easily occur if the spur was taken through a wall to feed a socket in an adjacent room.
55. It can be a prelude to inquiry just as questions are a spur to searching.
56. Now I could call other parents on the spur of the moment, arrange overnights for Janir or invite his friends over.
57. Spur lines led from principal stations into vast spartan dormitory accommodation where they could be quarantined and prepared for settlement.
58. This, he believed, would spur us on before we entered the fray.
59. Option 1 is to connect the supply cable as a spur to an existing loop-in ceiling rose or junction box.
60. He also wants to spur engineers to build better hardware and encourage greater funding for its infrastructure.