SPEAR
\spˈi͡ə], \spˈiə], \s_p_ˈiə]\
Definitions of SPEAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Fig.: A spearman.
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A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
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A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
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The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
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The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
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To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
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To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
By Oddity Software
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A weapon with a pointed metal head on a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing; a lance; an instrument with barbed prongs for catching fish; a shoot, as of grass.
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To pierce, or kill, with a long, pointed weapon.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To pierce or kill with a spear.
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A long pointed weapon; a lance; a large pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals; a shoot, as of grass.
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To shoot into a long stem.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To pierce or kill with a spear.
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A sharp-pointed weapon, variously shaped, with a long wooden shaft; a lance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
