Meaning of "spurn" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPURN

Old English spurnan; related to Old Norse sporna, Old High German spurnan, Latin spernere to despise, Lithuanian spiriu to kick.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SPURN

spurn  [spɜːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPURN

Spurn is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb spurn in English.

WHAT DOES SPURN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spurn

Coordinates: 53°34′33″N 0°06′41″E / 53.575955°N 0.111454°E / 53.575955; 0.111454 Spurn Point is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is over 3 miles long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards wide in places. The southernmost tip is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and is the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and disused lighthouse. It forms part of the civil parish of Easington. Spurn Head covers 280 acres above high water and 450 acres of foreshore. It has been owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and is a designated National Nature Reserve, Heritage Coast and is part of the Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast Special Protection Area.

Definition of spurn in the English dictionary

The first definition of spurn in the dictionary is to reject with contempt. Other definition of spurn is when intr, often foll by against to kick. Spurn is also an instance of spurning.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPURN

PRESENT

Present

I spurn

you spurn

he/she/it spurns

we spurn

you spurn

they spurn

Present continuous

I am spurning

you are spurning

he/she/it is spurning

we are spurning

you are spurning

they are spurning

Present perfect

I have spurned

you have spurned

he/she/it has spurned

we have spurned

you have spurned

they have spurned

Present perfect continuous

I have been spurning

you have been spurning

he/she/it has been spurning

we have been spurning

you have been spurning

they have been spurning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I spurned

you spurned

he/she/it spurned

we spurned

you spurned

they spurned

Past continuous

I was spurning

you were spurning

he/she/it was spurning

we were spurning

you were spurning

they were spurning

Past perfect

I had spurned

you had spurned

he/she/it had spurned

we had spurned

you had spurned

they had spurned

Past perfect continuous

I had been spurning

you had been spurning

he/she/it had been spurning

we had been spurning

you had been spurning

they had been spurning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will spurn

you will spurn

he/she/it will spurn

we will spurn

you will spurn

they will spurn

Future continuous

I will be spurning

you will be spurning

he/she/it will be spurning

we will be spurning

you will be spurning

they will be spurning

Future perfect

I will have spurned

you will have spurned

he/she/it will have spurned

we will have spurned

you will have spurned

they will have spurned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been spurning

you will have been spurning

he/she/it will have been spurning

we will have been spurning

you will have been spurning

they will have been spurning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would spurn

you would spurn

he/she/it would spurn

we would spurn

you would spurn

they would spurn

Conditional continuous

I would be spurning

you would be spurning

he/she/it would be spurning

we would be spurning

you would be spurning

they would be spurning

Conditional perfect

I would have spurn

you would have spurn

he/she/it would have spurn

we would have spurn

you would have spurn

they would have spurn

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been spurning

you would have been spurning

he/she/it would have been spurning

we would have been spurning

you would have been spurning

they would have been spurning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you spurn
we let´s spurn
you spurn

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to spurn

Past participle

spurned

Present Participle

spurning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SPURN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spurn» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of spurn

cold-shoulder · contemn · despise · disdain · disregard · kick in the teeth · put down · rebuff · reject · repulse · scorn · slight · snub

TRANSLATION OF SPURN

Find out the translation of spurn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of spurn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spurn» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 拒绝
• Translator English - Spanish: rechazar
• English: spurn
• Translator English - Hindi: तिरस्कार
• Translator English - Arabic: ارفض
• Translator English - Russian: отвергать
• Translator English - Portuguese: desprezar
• Translator English - Bengali: লাথি মারা
• Translator English - French: dédaigner
• Translator English - Malay: Berpura-pura
• Translator English - German: verschmähen
• Translator English - Japanese: はねつける
• Translator English - Korean: 일축하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Spurn
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cự tuyệt
• Translator English - Tamil: உதறி தள்ளிவிட்டு
• Translator English - Marathi: शिरणे
• Translator English - Turkish: hiçe saymak
• Translator English - Italian: sdegnare
• Translator English - Polish: spurn
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відкидати
• Translator English - Romanian: disprețui
• Translator English - Greek: αποκρούω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verag
• Translator English - Swedish: spurn
• Translator English - Norwegian: avvise med forakt

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPURN»

Discover the use of spurn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spurn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Spurn the Burn, Treat the Heat: Everything You Need to Know ...

Complete with recipes created by the National Heartburn Alliance, this book provides much needed advice for all those millions suffering from Acid Reflux Disease.

Shekhar Challa, 2005

To Spurn the Gods

To Spurn the Gods A Viet Nam Memoir A. A. Allison "To Spurn the Gods: A ' iiietnam Memoir' is one oi the most interesting and distinctive first-hand accounts ot the early years of America's inyohrement that I have ever read. Allison parts with ...

A. A. Allison, 2012

A2 Geography for AQA Specification A

Case Study Spurn Head is the classic example of an unstable spit. There is no more natural position for the formation of a spit than the northern side of the wide Humber estuary. The longshore drift from north to south carries a particularly ...

Ann Bowen, John Pallister, 2001

Consolidated Tables of Duties for Lights, Buoys, and ...

_ l' to or from Зимнее: or Sutton Spurn Shore, Spurn Floating . . . 2 . .j ВОЁОГЁЪМЁУЁЁШЬЗГатм“: } Spurn Shore to Dudgeon, Lynn Well, Hunstanton — 4 Do., as regards Saltfieet . . . Lynn Well, Hunstanton. . . . “ WïlëârâîluHkâïgèr Clay' as ...

Trinity House (London, England), 1871

The Brasilian navigator; or, Sailing directory for all the ...

C. — Without the Humber, at the distance of 3J miles S.E. by E. J E. from the Spurn lighthouse, is a black buoy lying off the shoal called the New Sand, with Easington-mill on with Kilnsey north cliff, and the high land of Dimlington open of the ...

John Purdy, 1838

A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...

AH-saio?s, do lay for porke and sowse, For sprats and spttrlings for your house. Tusjtr. To Spurn, t. a. [r-popnan, Saxon.] i. To kick; to strike or drive with the foot. They supposM I could rend bars of steel, Arid spurn in pieces posts of adamant.

Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, 1805

Dreams Within A Dream: The Portal

The bell rang but I never saw Spurn. My friends and I made it a habit of walking into each class one minute late—just for the recognition. "As we were going down the hallway, Spurn turned the corner and headed our way. When he saw us, ...

Bryan Jay Ramsey, 2004

Reports

_ 252 -Explanatory Remarks and Observations upon the designs for building the Light houses upon the Spurn Point, as approved of by the Honourable Corporation of Trinity- House, Dcpt- sord Strond, London, - - • - ~ 254 Estimate of the ...

John Smeaton, 1812

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge

Spurn Head, a cape of England, on the SE. point of Yoikfhire, with a light-house, at the mouth of the Humber. Lon. o. 12. E. Lat. 53. 38. N. (lO * To Spup.n. v. a. [ spornan, Saxon.] 1. To kick i to strike or drive with the foot. — And spurn in pieces  ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806

New and complete sailing directions for the east coast of ...

The STONE-BANK is a hard rocky shelf running parallel to the Spurn-laud, with a narrow channel of 3 fathoms between; this runs round the point toward Jiitnsey, and is fit only for light craft who are previously wi ll acquainted with its navigation.

John William Norie, 1817

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPURN»

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Chinese tourists spurn SE Asia holidays

Key Southeast Asian markets have seen a marked drop in Chinese tourists, a growth sector across much of the globe, as air crashes and geopolitical tensions ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

Fingers are pointed in row over visitor base at Spurn

If it should go anywhere, some believe it should go to the Blue Bell further down the road, where YWT already has offices, while Spurn Bird Observatory, wants it ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»

Justices again spurn lethal injection challenge: In Plain English

Justices again spurn lethal injection challenge: In Plain English. Posted Mon, June 29th, 2015 2:53 pm by Amy Howe. In 2008, the Court rejected a challenge to ... «SCOTUSblog, Jun 15»

Exclusive: US should spurn Russia rocket engines despite SpaceX …

WASHINGTON The failure of a SpaceX rocket over Florida on Sunday should not lead U.S. officials back to Russia to look for a rocket engine that can get ... «Reuters, Jun 15»

Italy: Politicians Vow to Spurn Migrants

Politicians based in the north vowed Sunday not to shelter any more migrants saved at sea, even as thousands more were being rescued in the Mediterranean ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

Europe faces second revolt as Portugal's ascendant Socialists spurn …

Europe faces the risk of a second revolt by Left-wing forces in the South after Portugal's Socialist Party vowed to defy austerity demands from the country's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»

University of Oxford to spurn coal and tar sands investments

The University of Oxford, one of the world's oldest and wealthiest academic institutions, is to shun direct investments in coal and oil sands companies in a move ... «Financial Times, May 15»

Want equality for all? Then spurn organised religion

Search in: Comment. theage.com.au; Web; Comment. Want equality for all? Then spurn organised religion. Date: May 4, 2015. (29); Comments 122; Read later ... «The Age, May 15»

Miroslav Klose set to to spurn Aston Villa and Tottenham's advances …

All-time World Cup top scorer Miroslav Klose will snub the advances of Aston Villa and Tottenham this summer in favour of a move to Brazil. The 36-year-old's ... «talkSPORT.com, Apr 15»

Work to start on Spurn Point lighthouse restoration

RESTORATION work on Matthews' Lighthouse at the Spurn National Nature Reserve, using National Lottery funding, will begin this month. A £470,500 Heritage ... «Hull Daily Mail, Feb 15»