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"word": "bone spur"
},
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"word": "Prince of Wales spur"
},
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"word": "spur cell"
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"word": "spurdog"
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"word": "spur gear"
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"word": "spur gearing"
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"word": "spur-heeled"
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"word": "spur leather"
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"word": "spur-leather"
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"word": "spur of the moment"
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"word": "spur-of-the-moment"
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"word": "spur road"
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"word": "spur-royal"
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"word": "spur-shell"
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"word": "spur-throated grasshopper"
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"word": "spur-way"
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"word": "spur-wheel"
},
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"word": "spur-winged"
},
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"word": "spur-winged goose"
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"word": "spur-winged lapwing"
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"word": "spur-winged plover"
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"word": "under-spur-leather"
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"word": "whip and spur"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "spure"
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"expansion": "Middle English spure",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "spore"
},
"expansion": "spore",
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"2": "ang",
"3": "spora"
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"expansion": "Old English spora",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "spura"
},
"expansion": "spura",
"name": "m"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*spurō"
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"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spurō",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*spurô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *spurô",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sperH-",
"t": "to kick"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "spurs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Meronyms: rowel, prick"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
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"links": [
[
"implement",
"implement"
],
[
"heel",
"heel"
],
[
"prod",
"prod"
],
[
"horse",
"horse"
],
[
"worn",
"worn"
],
[
"emblematic",
"emblematic"
],
[
"cowboy",
"cowboy"
],
[
"knight",
"knight"
]
],
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mamuz"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mihmāz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِهْمَاز"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xtʿan",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "խթան"
},
{
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "al",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "আল"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "mahmız"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "špóra",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпо́ра"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "astróha",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "астро́га"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "špóra",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпо́ра"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esperó"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "馬刺"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎcì",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "马刺"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostruha"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spore"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spoor"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "sprono"
},
{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "kannus"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "kannus"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "éperon"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espora"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sporn"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "spiroúni",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σπιρούνι"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kéntron",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κέντρον"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "דורבן"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dorbán",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דָּרְבָּן"
},
{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mahmez",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "महमेज़"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "sarkantyú"
},
{
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spori"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spor"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brod"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "sperone"
},
{
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"alt": "はくしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hakusha",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "拍車"
},
{
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ökşelık",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "өкшелік"
},
{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "krɑcap",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "ក្រចាប់"
},
{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bakcha",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "박차"
},
{
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şpora",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "шпора"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mamuza",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мамуза"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "pacu"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "kipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "spore"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tülxec",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "түлхэц"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esperon"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spora"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mahmuz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "مهموز"
},
{
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "mahmíz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مهميز"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mahmiz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "مهمیز"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "asb-angiz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "اسب انگیز"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostroga"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espora"
},
{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pinten"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špóra",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпо́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "мамуза"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "оструга"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "mamuza"
},
{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostruga"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostroha"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostroga"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espuela"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sporre"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "tari"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "espuwelas"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mahmez",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "маҳмез"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rting lcags",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "རྟིང་ལྕགས"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "mahmuz"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ostróha",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "остро́га"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 3 11 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "špóra",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпо́ра"
},
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"roman": "prišporvane",
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"tags": [
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],
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],
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"word": "sproni"
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{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "kannustaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "éperonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "esporear"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "die Sporen geben"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dirbén",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "דִּרְבֵּן"
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{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "megsarkantyúz"
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{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "memacu"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "pungolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "spronare"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"alt": "つく",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "tsuku",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "突く"
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{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"alt": "はくしゃをかける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hakusha o kakeru",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "拍車をかける"
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{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "la",
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"word": "calcarō"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "kipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "sporen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "to prod",
"word": "مهموزلمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "to prod",
"word": "اوزنگیلمك"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "esporar"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prišpórivatʹ",
"sense": "to prod",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "пришпо́ривать"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prišpóritʹ",
"sense": "to prod",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "espolear"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "espolonear"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "acicatear"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "sporra"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 7 10 9 2",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "mahmuzlamak"
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"ref": "1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Acceleration Proceeds in U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 298",
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{
"ref": "2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times",
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{
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{
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"word": "esperonar"
},
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"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biāncè",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "鞭策"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "激勵"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīlì",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "激励"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "cìjī",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "刺激"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "gǔwǔ",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "鼓舞"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "促進"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "cùjìn",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
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},
{
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "刺激(某事)發生"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fāshēng",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "发生"
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{
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "帶動"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàidòng",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "带动"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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"word": "aansporen"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "aanmoedigen"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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"word": "bewegen"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "kannustaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "yllyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "stimuler"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "esporear"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "aguillar"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "de",
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"word": "anspornen"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"word": "דִּרְבֵּן"
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{
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "sarkall"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "stimolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "incoraggiare"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "instigare"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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},
{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "it",
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"word": "spronare"
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"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "行動させる"
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"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "박차를 가하다"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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"word": "sporen"
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"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "instigar"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "pt",
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "подгоня́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "16 74 4 5 1",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 90 5 1",
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{
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ökşelık",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "өкшелік"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "krɑcap",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "ក្រចាប់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bakcha",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "박차"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şpora",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "шпора"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mamuza",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мамуза"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "pacu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "kipa"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tülxec",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "түлхэц"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esperon"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spora"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mahmuz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "مهموز"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "mahmíz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مهميز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mahmiz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "مهمیز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "asb-angiz",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "اسب انگیز"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostroga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espora"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pinten"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špóra",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпо́ра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "мамуза"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "оструга"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "mamuza"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostruga"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostroha"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostroga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espuela"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sporre"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "tari"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "espuwelas"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mahmez",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "маҳмез"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rting lcags",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "རྟིང་ལྕགས"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "mahmuz"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ostróha",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "остро́га"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "špóra",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпо́ра"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "mahmez",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "مہمیز"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "shpora"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"word": "mahmez"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sbardun"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "implement for prodding a horse",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ysbardun"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prišporvane",
"sense": "jab given with the spurs",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пришпорване"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "jab given with the spurs",
"word": "kannustus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "jab given with the spurs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espolazo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "jab given with the spurs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espolada"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stímul",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сти́мул"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podbuda",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подбуда"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biāncè",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "鞭策"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "激勵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīlì",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "激励"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cìjī",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "刺激"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǔwǔ",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "鼓舞"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "sprono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "kannustin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "Ansporn"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kéntron",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κέντρον"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sprono"
},
{
"alt": "しげき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shigeki",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"word": "刺激"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esperon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stímul",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сти́мул"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espuela"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acicate"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "incentivo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything that inspires or motivates",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sporre"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bit",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "բիտ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kotoš",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "կոտոշ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jù",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "距"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostruha"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "sprono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "kannus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ergot"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esporón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espora"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kéntron",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κέντρον"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sperone"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "taji"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "spore"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "esperon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špóra",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шпо́ра"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espolón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sporre"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "tahid"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "mahmuz"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "appendage near the foot",
"word": "cựa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"word": "支線"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīxiàn",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"word": "支线"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"word": "haara"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "embranchement"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diramazione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divaricazione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sporgenza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "protuberanza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sperone"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spunzone"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spuntone"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conexão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prolongamento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conexión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "extensión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any protruding part",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prolongación"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "roots",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "juuret"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "roots",
"word": "juuristo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "roots",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "propaggini"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kórenʹ",
"sense": "roots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко́рень"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "roots",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alcurnia"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contrafort"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shānzuǐ",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"word": "山嘴"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"word": "haarake"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guglia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cima"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vetta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "picco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pinnacolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pizzo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"word": "taumutu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"word": "taukaka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "a spur that slopes",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"word": "karahiwi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "a spur that is level",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"word": "tuakahiwi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"word": "mātātāu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sprone"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otróg",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "отро́г"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "projection from a mountain or mountain range",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espolón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "carpentry: brace strengthening a post and some connected part",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puntal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "architecture: projection from the round base of a column",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Eckblatt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ergotized grain",
"word": "torajyvävilja"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razklonenie",
"sense": "mining: branch of a vein",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разклонение"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very short branch line of a railway line",
"word": "sivuraide"
}
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"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Requests for review of Mongolian translations",
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"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/1 syllable",
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"en:Fungi",
"en:Roads",
"en:Terns",
"en:True sparrows",
"en:Walls and fences"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
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{
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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{
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"To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig."
],
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[
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"horse",
"horse"
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[
"flank",
"flank"
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[
"urge",
"urge"
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[
"motion",
"motion"
],
[
"haste",
"haste"
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[
"gig",
"gig"
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"(transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig."
],
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"ref": "1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Acceleration Proceeds in U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 298",
"text": "But the latest Santa Fe development, while not spurring the Rock Island to any further acceleration, has drawn fire from a totally unexpected quarter.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times",
"text": "What is unbearable, in fact, is the feeling, 13 years after 9/11, that America has been chasing its tail; that, in some whack-a-mole horror show, the quashing of a jihadi enclave here only spurs the sprouting of another there; that the ideology of Al Qaeda is still reverberating through a blocked Arab world whose Sunni-Shia balance (insofar as that went) was upended by the American invasion of Iraq.",
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],
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"vigorous",
"vigorous"
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"pursuit",
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[
"object",
"object"
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],
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"(transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object"
],
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"word": "incite"
},
{
"word": "stimulate"
},
{
"word": "instigate"
},
{
"word": "impel"
},
{
"word": "drive"
},
{
"word": "incite"
}
],
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"transitive"
]
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{
"text": "to spur boots",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To put spurs on."
],
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"(transitive) To put spurs on."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To press forward; to travel in great haste."
],
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"(intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations"
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{
"ref": "2021 June 16, Andrew Mourant, “Plans for new test centre remain on track: Testing for rolling stock and infrastructure”, in RAIL, number 933, page 42",
"text": "It spurs off the Robin Hood line, providing ten miles of single-line test track with a three-mile double section, capable of testing up to 75mph.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/spɜː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/spɝ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prišporvam",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "пришпорвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "esperonar"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎ",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "策(馬"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎ",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "马)前進"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiánjìn",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "前进"
},
{
"alt": "cè (mǎ) qiánjìn",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎ",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "策(马)前进"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "sproni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "kannustaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "éperonner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "esporear"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "die Sporen geben"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dirbén",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "דִּרְבֵּן"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "megsarkantyúz"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "memacu"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "pungolare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "spronare"
},
{
"alt": "つく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuku",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "突く"
},
{
"alt": "はくしゃをかける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hakusha o kakeru",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "拍車をかける"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "calcarō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "kipa"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "sporen"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mahmuzlamak",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "مهموزلمق"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "üzengilemek",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "اوزنگیلمك"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "esporar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prišpórivatʹ",
"sense": "to prod",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пришпо́ривать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prišpóritʹ",
"sense": "to prod",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пришпо́рить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "espolear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "espolonear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "acicatear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "sporra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to prod",
"word": "mahmuzlamak"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "esperonar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biāncè",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "鞭策"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "激勵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīlì",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "激励"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cìjī",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "刺激"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǔwǔ",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "鼓舞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "促進"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cùjìn",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "促进"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǒushì",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "刺激(某事)發生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāshēng",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "发生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "帶動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàidòng",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "aansporen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "aanmoedigen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "bewegen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "kannustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "yllyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "stimuler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "esporear"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "aguillar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "estimular"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "aguilloar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "anspornen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dirbén",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "דִּרְבֵּן"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "sarkall"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "stimolare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "incoraggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "instigare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "incitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "spronare"
},
{
"alt": "こうどうさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōdō saseru",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "行動させる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bakchareul gahada",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "박차를 가하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "incitō"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "sporen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "instigar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "estimular"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "îndemna"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podgonjátʹ",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "подгоня́ть"
},
{
"alt": "к чему́-либо",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobuždátʹ",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "побужда́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "espolear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "incentivar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "estimular"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "incitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "motivar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "animar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "sporra"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "wārw-"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to urge or encourage to action",
"word": "sbarduno"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put spurs on",
"word": "varustaa kannuksilla"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to put spurs on",
"word": "mit Sporen versehen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to put spurs on",
"word": "montare gli speroni"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to put spurs on",
"word": "don on spores"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to put spurs on",
"word": "sporen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to put spurs on",
"word": "poner espuelas (las)"
}
],
"word": "spur"
}
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}
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