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Spear

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounA long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
2.NounA soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
3.NounA lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
4.NounAn illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
5.NounIn professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
6.NounA shoot, as of grass; a spire.
7.NounThe feather of a horse.
8.NounThe rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
9.NounA long, thin strip from a vegetable.
"asparagus and broccoli spears"
10.VerbTo pierce with a spear.
11.VerbTo 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.
12.VerbTo tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
13.VerbTo shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
14.VerbTo ignore as a social snub.
15.AdjectiveMale.
"a spear counterpart"
16.AdjectivePertaining to male family members.
"the spear side of the family"
17.NounThe sprout of a plant, stalk
18.NounA church spire.
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