spear
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English spere
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- Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
[edit] Noun
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spear (plural spears)
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- (ice hockey) an illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player
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long stick with a sharp tip
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sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish
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[edit] See also
- assegai, assagai, assagaie, assagay, assegay, azagaia, hassagay, hassaguay, zagaie, zagaye
- atlatl
- bayonet
- harpoon
- javelin
- joust
- lance
- pike
- spit, used to grill food on fire
- woomera
[edit] Verb
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to spear (third-person singular simple present spears, present participle spearing, simple past and past participle speared)
- 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.
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[edit] West Frisian
[edit] Noun
spear c.
- spear
