| Definitions of 'spear' |
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1. (noun) spear, lance, shaft
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
2. (verb) spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
3. (verb) spear
pierce with a spear
"spear fish"
4. (verb) spear, spear up
thrust up like a spear
"The branch speared up into the air"
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| Definitions of 'spear' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) spear
a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance
2. (noun) spear
fig.: A spearman
3. (noun) spear
a sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals
4. (noun) spear
a shoot, as of grass; a spire
5. (noun) spear
the feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4
6. (noun) spear
the rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod
7. (verb) spear
to pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish
8. (verb) spear
to shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire
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