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Spur noun {f}

Spur, Spuren   /ʃpuːɐ̯/
  • hinweisgebende Hinterlassenschaft
track, trace
  • im engeren Sinn: durch Fortbewegung bewirkte Markierung auf dem Boden
  • Mathematik: die Summe der Diagonalelemente einer Matrix
trace, track
  • sehr kleine Menge
trace, touch
  • fest vorgegebene Bahn einer Fortbewegung
lane

spuren verb

spure, spurte, habe gespurt   /ˈʃpuːʁən/
  • transitiv: eine Spur ziehen
lay a track
  • intransitiv, umgangssprachlich: folgsam sein
toe the line

spüren verb

spüre, spürte, habe gespürt   /ˈʃpyːʁən/
  • etwas körperlich, mit dem Tastsinn wahrnehmen
  • etwas nicht Gegenständliches erkennen
feel, sense

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spur noun

  /spɜː/ , /spɝ/
  • 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.
  • An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
  • 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.
Sporn
  • (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
Ansporn
  • (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.
Eckblatt

spur verb

  /spɜː/ , /spɝ/
  • (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
anspornen
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