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Meaning of SPEAR in English

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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    Meaning of SPEAR in English

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

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