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单词 spear
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spear

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noun (1)

ˈspir How to pronounce spear (audio)
1
: a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade
2
: a sharp-pointed instrument with barbs used in spearing fish
3
: spearman

spear

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verb (1)

speared; spearing; spears

transitive verb

1
: to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear
spear salmon
speared a chop from the platter
2
: to catch (something, such as a baseball) with a sudden thrust of the arm
3
a
ice hockey : to jab (an opposing player) with the blade of one's stick
All game, the Caps held, hooked, slashed, speared, chopped, and bopped … the Rangers' European players. Stu Hackel
b
American football : to ram (an opposing player) with one's helmet
… defensive end Ben Davidson set off a sidelines-clearing scrum when he speared Dawson from behind after he was down. Jim Trotter

intransitive verb

: to thrust at or wound something with or as if with a spear
spearer noun

spear

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adjective

: paternal sense 3
the spear side of the family
compare distaff

spear

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verb (2)

speared; spearing; spears

intransitive verb

of a plant
: to thrust a spear upward

spear

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noun (2)

: a usually young blade, shoot, or sprout (as of grass)

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • javelin
  • lance
  • pike
  • pikestaff
  • shaft

Verb (1)

  • gore
  • harpoon
  • impale
  • jab
  • lance
  • peck
  • pick
  • pierce
  • pink
  • puncture
  • run through
  • skewer
  • spike
  • spit
  • stab
  • stick
  • transfix
  • transpierce
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper spear, Latin sparus hunting spear

Noun (2) and Verb (2)

alteration of spire entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Adjective

1861, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1573, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1647, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

spear 1 of 3

noun

ˈspir How to pronounce spear (audio)
1
: a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade used for throwing or jabbing
2
: an instrument with a sharp point and curved hooks used in stabbing fish

spear

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verb

speared; spearing
: to strike or pierce with or as if with a spear

spear

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noun

: a usually young blade or sprout (as of grass)

spear 1 of 2

verb

as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stab
  • pierce
  • puncture
  • lance
  • jab
  • stick
  • harpoon
  • pick
  • spit
  • pink
  • spike
  • peck
  • impale
  • skewer
  • gore
  • poke
  • punch
  • slice
  • run through
  • knife
  • pike
  • bayonet
  • transfix
  • transpierce
  • quill
  • thrust
  • spindle
  • dirk
  • poniard
  • prong
  • riddle
  • perforate
  • prick
  • cut
  • gimlet
  • pinprick

spear

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noun

as in lance
a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade the Roman gladiator thrust his spear triumphantly into the lion's side

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • lance
  • javelin
  • pike
  • trident
  • shaft
  • dart
  • halberd
  • harpoon
  • pikestaff
  • spike
  • halbert
  • leister
  • gaff
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