Goad can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| goad - urge with or as if with a goad | ||
| goad - stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick | ||
| goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" | ||
| goad - give heart or courage to | ||
Noun |
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| goad - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" | ||
| goad - a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion |
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| 1. | noun | She tended cattle and she sang so sweetly that the herds were delighted with her song, and she needed neither the crook nor the goad to manage them; they obeyed her voice, and gazed at and listened to the maid as she sat under the shade of a pine tree, crowned with a garland of its leaves and singing the loves of Pan and Pitys the Nymph. |
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| She tended cattle and she sang so sweetly that the herds were delighted with her song, and she needed neither the crook nor the goad to manage them; they obeyed her voice, and gazed at and listened to the maid as she sat under the shade of a pine tree, crowned with a garland of its leaves and singing the loves of Pan and Pitys the Nymph. | |