spurred
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /spɜːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /spɜɹd/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /spʌɹd/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /spøːd/
- (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /speːd/
- (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /spɛːd/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
- Homophone: spared (fair–fur merger)
Verb
[edit]spurred
- simple past and past participle of spur
Adjective
[edit]spurred (not comparable)
- Wearing spurs.
- a booted and spurred cowboy
- Furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
- a spurred corolla
- Affected with spur, or ergot.
- spurred rye
Synonyms
[edit]- (wearing or having spurs): bespurred