To press or urge forward; to drive.
To move (a pawn) directly forward.
To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
To make an all-in bet.
To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
To make a higher bid at an auction.
To approach; to come close to.
To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
A great effort (to do something).
The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
To press forward; to travel in great haste.
To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
To put spurs on.
A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
Ergotized rye or other grain.
A tern.
A branch of a vein.
A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
A jab given with the spurs.
Roots, tree roots.
A very short branch line of a railway line.
The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
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.
A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
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.
Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
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.
An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
The short wooden buttress of a post.
A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.