spear
Pronunciation:
/spɪɹ//spɪə̯(ɹ)//spɪɹ/noun
Definitions
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
verb
Definitions
To pierce with a spear.
(by extension) 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.
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
adjective
Definitions
Male.
Example: a spear counterpart
Pertaining to male family members.
Example: the spear side of the family