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spoor´er — spoor «spur», noun, verb. –n. the trail of a wild animal or a person; track. –v.t. to track by a spoor. –v.i. to follow a spoor. ╂[< Afrikaans spoor < Middle Dutch] –spoor´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
spoor — [ spur ] noun count or uncount the smell or signs that an animal leaves on the ground that can be followed by people who are hunting the animal … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spoor — noun (C) the track of foot marks or faeces (=solid waste) left by a wild animal … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
spoor — I. noun (plural spoor or spoors) Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch; akin to Old English spor footprint, spoor, spurnan to kick more at spurn Date: 1823 1. a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal 2. a trace by which the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
spoor — /spɔ / (say spaw) noun 1. a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game. –verb (t) 2. to track by a spoor. –verb (i) 3. to follow a spoor. {Afrikaans, from Dutch; related to Old English spor} –spoorer, noun …
spoor — UK [spʊə(r)] / US [spʊr] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms spoor : singular spoor plural spoors the smell or signs that an animal leaves on the ground that can be followed by someone who is hunting the animal … English dictionary
spoor — [spʊə, spɔ:] noun the track or scent of an animal. verb follow the spoor of. Origin C19: from Afrik., from MDu. spor … English new terms dictionary
spoor — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trace, trail, scent, droppings; see path 1 , track 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. trail, track, footprints, markings, droppings. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Evidence of passage left along a course followed by a… … English dictionary for students
footstep — noun 1) he heard a footstep Syn: footfall, step, tread, stomp, stamp 2) footsteps in the sand Syn: footprint, footmark, mark, impression; (footsteps) track(s), spoor … Thesaurus of popular words
track — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. trail, follow, scent; explore; traverse. See pursuit. n. trace, trail, wake; vestige; foot prints, spoor, scent; path, course; succession; rails; race track, [race]course, turf, cinders; foot… … English dictionary for students
List of English words of Dutch origin — This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. However, note that this list does also include some words of which the etymology is uncertain, and that some may have been derived from Middle Low German equivalents instead or as well. Some of… … Wikipedia