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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lance1 /læns/USA pronunciation n., v., lanced, lanc•ing. n. [countable] - Militarya long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, esp. one used by a knight.
- Militarylancer.
- lancet.
v. [~ + object] - to open or pierce with or as if with a lancet:The nurse lanced the boil.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lance1 (lans, läns),USA pronunciation n., v., lanced, lanc•ing. n. - Militarya long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Militarya cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon;
lancer. - Militaryan implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
- Military(cap.) a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.
- a lancet.
- BuildingSee oxygen lance.
- [Mach.]
- Mechanical Engineeringa tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam.
- Mechanical Engineeringa pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat.
v.t. - to open with or as if with a lancet.
- to pierce with a lance.
- Buildingto cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance.
- Celtic)
- Latin lancea (perh.
- Old French lance
- Middle English launce 1250–1300
- FishSee sand lance.
- perh. special use of lance1, from its shape
- a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lance /lɑːns/ n - a long weapon with a pointed head used by horsemen to unhorse or injure an opponent
- a similar weapon used for hunting, whaling, etc
- another name for lancet
vb (transitive)- to pierce (an abscess or boil) with a lancet to drain off pus
- to pierce with or as if with a lance
Etymology: 13th Century launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea |