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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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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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