Spear
Definition of Spear
| n. | 1. | 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. | Fig.: A spearman. | | 3. | A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. | | 4. | A shoot, as of grass; a spire. | | 5. | The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4. | | 6. | The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. | | v. t. | 1. | To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish. | | v. i. | 1. | To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. |
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