Antonym of shooed
What is the synonym for shooed?
‘ synonyms: shoo, shoo off. type of: chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.
What are antonyms for Spur?
antonyms for spur
- block.
- deterrent.
- discouragement.
- hindrance.
- prevention.
- curb.
What are antonyms for leg?
ˈlɛg) A part of a forked or branching shape. Antonyms. rise recede ascend linger stay in place precede descend. subfigure bifurcation ramification brachium forking. leg (English)
What are antonyms for feet?
What is the opposite of foot?
| head | top |
|---|---|
| peak | pinnacle |
| apex | crest |
| crown | height |
| tip | apogee |
What is the synonym of spur?
Some common synonyms of spur are goad, impulse, incentive, inducement, and motive. While all these words mean “a stimulus to action,” spur applies to a motive that stimulates the faculties or increases energy or ardor.
How do you use the word spur?
Noun the threat of losing its only sports franchise was the spur the city council needed to finally do something about the rising crime rate a weak wall that might need a spur Verb The reward spurred them to work harder. Lower interest rates should spur economic growth. He spurred the horse onward.
What’s the meaning of spur of the moment?
Definition of spur-of-the-moment
: occurring or developing without premeditation : hastily extemporized a spur-of-the-moment decision.
What is the nearest meaning of Spurred?
to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object. gently spurred the horse with his heels.
What is spur in geography?
A long, gently-sloping ‘tongue’ of ground that runs down from a hill to a lower ground is called a spur.
What is another word for criminalize?
verb. [‘ˈkrɪmÉ™nəˌlaɪz’] declare illegal; outlaw.
What is an example of a spur?
The definition of a spur is anything that pushes someone or something forward or a device that goes over a shoe during horseback riding for the rider to use to push the horse forward. An example of spur is a prize that drives someone to win the race. An example of spur is an item that a cowboy wears on his boots.
What is the past tense of spur?
spur ​Definitions and Synonyms
| present tense | |
|---|---|
| he/she/it | spurs |
| present participle | spurring |
| past tense | spurred |
| past participle | spurred |
Is Spurr a word?
SPURR is not a valid scrabble word.
What does it mean to spur someone?
encourage someone to
1to encourage someone to do something or to encourage them to try harder to achieve something spur somebody/something (on) to something/to do something Her difficult childhood spurred her on to succeed. My trainer spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour.
How do you identify a spur?
You can spot a spur on the map quite easily – it looks like a long, narrow tongue of contour lines, dropping away from a mountain top or a ridge. Usually its sides will be quite steep, but its top will slope gently downwards.
How do you speak spurs?
What part of speech is spur?
verb
verb (used without object), spurred, spur·ring.
What is the meaning of the name spur?
Last name: Spur
This unusual and interesting name is a variant of the metonymic ocupational name “Spurr”, a spurner, or maker of spurs. The derivation is from the Middle English “spore” or “spure”, itself deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century “spora” or “spura”, meaning a spur.