Definition of spear Spear
/spɪˈɹ/ - [spir] - spear
We found 26 definitions of spear from 8 different sources.
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NounPlural: spears |
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| spear - a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon | ||
| lance, shaft | ||
| weapon system, weapon, arm any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" | ||
| assagai, assegai the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa | ||
| barb one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | ||
| javelin a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events | ||
| spear-point, spearpoint, spearhead the head and sharpened point of a spear | ||
| spear - an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | ||
| gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance | ||
| implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | ||
| fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, rig gear used in fishing | ||
| harpoon a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it | ||
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| spear - pierce with a spear; "spear fish" | ||
| empale, impale, transfix, spike kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" | ||
| spear - thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air" | ||
| spear up | ||
| jut, jut out, protrude, stick out, project extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- spear (Noun)
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion. - spear (Noun)
A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman. - spear (Noun)
A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish. - spear (Noun)
An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player . - spear (Noun)
A running tackle on an opponent performed in professional wrestling . - spear (Noun)
A long, thin strip from a vegetable. - spear (Verb)
To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device. - spear (Verb)
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spear (n.)
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. - spear (n.)
Fig.: A spearman. - spear (n.)
A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. - spear (n.)
A shoot, as of grass; a spire. - spear (n.)
The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4. - spear (n.)
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. - spear (v. t.)
To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish. - spear (v. i.)
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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spear
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached. -
spear
To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spear
spēr, n. a long weapon used in war and hunting, made of a pole pointed with iron: a lance with barbed prongs used for catching fish.—v.t. to pierce or kill with a spear.—ns. Spear′-fish, a kind of carp-sucker—also Sail-fish and Skimback: the bill-fish, a histiophoroid fish related to the swordfish; Spear′-foot, the off or right hind-foot of a horse; Spear′-grass, a name applied to various grasses, esp. those known as meadow-grass, the Kentucky blue-grass: either of two New Zealand plants of the parsley family with long spinous leaflets; Spear′-head, the iron point of a spear; Spear′-lil′y, a plant of one of the species of the Australian genus Doryanthes of the Amaryllideæ, with sword-shaped leaves; Spear′man, a man armed with a spear; Spear′mint, the common garden-mint; Spear′-this′tle, the common thistle; Spear′-wood, one of two Australian trees whose wood makes good spear-shafts; Spear′-wort, the name of several species of Ranunculus with lance-shaped leaves. [A.S. spere; Ger. speer, L. sparus; cf. Spar.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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spear
A lance or long weapon with a sharp point, formerly used as a manual or missile weapon. Pliny ascribes the invention of the spear to the Etolians. The spear of the Greeks was generally of ash, with a leaf-shaped head of metal, and furnished with a pointed ferrule at the butt, with which it was stuck in the ground; a method used, according to Homer, when the troops rested on their arms, or slept upon their shields. The cross spear-heads of the Britons were all pyramidal, narrowing at the base. The heads of the Anglo-Saxon spears were exceedingly long, and sometimes dreadfully barbed.
Wikipedia 
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A spear is a weapon used in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It is meant to primarily stab. But some spears can both stab and slash, athough stabbing is still favoured. Some kinds of spears were also meant to be thrown.
A lance is a special spear used from horseback during medieval times.
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