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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spear1 /spɪr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militarya long wooden shaft with a sharp-pointed head of metal or stone attached to it.
v. [~ + object] - to pierce or stab through with or as if with a spear:speared a slice of fruit from the plate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spear1 (spēr),USA pronunciation n. - Militarya long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Militarya soldier or other person armed with such a weapon;
spearman:an army of 40,000 spears. - a similar weapon or stabbing implement, as one for use in fishing.
- the act of spearing.
adj. - See spear side.
v.t. - to pierce with or as with a spear.
v.i. - to go or penetrate like a spear:The plane speared through the clouds.
- bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English spere; cognate with Dutch, German speer
- Botanya sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
v.i. - Botanyto sprout;
shoot;
send up or rise in a spear or spears.
- variant of spire1, perh. influenced by spear1 1520–30
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