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1. (n.) lance
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head used esp. by a knight as a weapon in charging.
2. lance
an implement resembling a lance, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
3. lance
lancet (def. 1).
4. (v.t.) lance
to open with or as if with a lancet.
5. lance
to pierce with or as if with a lance.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME launce < OF lance < L lancea (perh. < Celtic))
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| Definition of 'lance' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) spear, lance, shaft
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
2. (noun) spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
3. (verb) lancet, lance
a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
4. (verb) lance
move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
"Planes lanced towards the shore"
5. (verb) lance
pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
6. (verb) lance
open by piercing with a lancet
"lance a boil"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) lance
a weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen
2. (noun) lance
a soldier armed with a lance; a lancer
3. (noun) lance
a small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell
4. (noun) lance
an instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home
5. (noun) lance
one of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure
6. (verb) lance
to pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon
7. (verb) lance
to open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess
8. (verb) lance
to throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch
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Sense: a weapon of former times with a long shaft or handle of wood, a spearhead and often a small flag.
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Afrikaans: lans |
Arabic: رُمْح |
Bulgarian: пика |
Brazilian: lança |
Czech: kopí |
German: die Lanze |
Danish: lanse |
Greek: δόρυ |
Spanish: lanza |
Estonian: oda |
Farsi: نیزه |
Finnish: peitsi |
French: lance |
Hebrew: רוֹמָח |
Hindi: भाला |
Croatian: koplje |
Hungarian: lándzsa |
Indonesian: tombak |
Icelandic: lensa; riddaraspjót |
Italian: lancia |
Japanese: やり |
Korean: 창 |
Lithuanian: ietis |
Latvian: šķēps; pīķis |
Malay: tombak |
Dutch: lans |
Norwegian: lanse, spyd |
Polish: lanca |
Persian: نیزه |
Pashto: نیزه |
Portuguese: lança |
Romanian: suliţă |
Russian: пика, копьё |
Slovak: kopija |
Slovenian: kopje |
Serbian: koplje |
Swedish: lans |
Thai: หลาว |
Turkish: mızrak |
Taiwanese: 長矛 |
Ukrainian: спис, піка |
Urdu: نیزہ، بھالا |
Vietnamese: cái lao |
Chinese: 长矛 |
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