spurred

English

Pronunciation

• (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

spurred

1. simple past and past participle of spur

Adjective

spurred (not comparable)

1. Wearing spurs.

   a booted and spurred cowboy

2. Furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.

   a spurred corolla

3. Affected with spur, or ergot.

   spurred rye

Synonyms

• (wearing or having spurs): bespurred

Derived terms

• African spurred tortoise
• be-spurred
• long-spurred violet