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spoor
(spo͝or)n.
1. The track or trail of an animal or person.
2. The footprints or other signs left by an animal or person, considered as a group: found fresh spoor.
tr.v. spoored, spoor·ing, spoors
To track (an animal or person) by following the spoor.
[Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch; see sperə- in Indo-European roots.]
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spoor
(spʊə; spɔː)n
(Hunting) the trail of an animal or person, esp as discernible to the human eye
vb
(Hunting) to track (an animal) by following its trail
[C19: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch spor; related to Old English spor track, Old High German spor; see spur]
ˈspoorer n
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spoor
(spʊər, spɔr, spoʊr)n.
1. a track or trail, esp. of a wild animal.
v.t. 2. to track by a spoor.
v.i. 3. to track an animal by a spoor.
[1815–25; < Afrikaans spoor < Dutch]
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spoor
Past participle: spoored
Gerund: spooring
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| Noun | 1. | spoor - the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor" trail - a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek" |
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