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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spear•ing (spēr′ing),USA pronunciation n. [Ice Hockey.]- Sportan illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.
- spear1 + -ing1 1770–80, for literal sense
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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spear /spɪə/ n - a weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharp pointed end of metal, stone, or wood that may be thrown or thrust
- a similar implement used to catch fish
- another name for spearman
vb - to pierce (something) with or as if with a spear
Etymology: Old English spere; related to Old Norse spjör spears, Greek sparos gilthead spear /spɪə/ n - a shoot, slender stalk, or blade, as of grass, asparagus, or broccoli
Etymology: 16th Century: probably variant of spire1, influenced by spear1 |