spear
21spear´er — spear1 «spihr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp pointed head, sometimes barbed. Spears are for throwing or thrusting with the hand in hunting, fishing, and warfare. The javelin is a light spear used in track and field… …
22Spear — Recorded in the spellings of Spear, Sperr, Spere, Spary, Sperry, Spier, Spearman, and others, this is a surname of both Olde English pre 7th century and later Anglo Saxon pre 9th Century origins. In its various forms it is recorded equally in… …
23spear — n. 1) to hurl, throw a spear at 2) to thrust a spear into * * * [spɪə] throw a spear at to hurl to thrust a spear into …
24spear — n. & v. n. 1 a thrusting or throwing weapon with a pointed usu. steel tip and a long shaft. 2 a similar barbed instrument used for catching fish etc. 3 archaic a spearman. 4 a pointed stem of asparagus etc. v.tr. pierce or strike with or as if… …
25spear up — verb thrust up like a spear The branch speared up into the air • Syn: ↑spear • Derivationally related forms: ↑spear (for: ↑spear) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
26spear — spear1 [ spır ] noun count * 1. ) a long weapon like a stick with one sharp end 2. ) the long pointed part of a vegetable such as ASPARAGUS spear spear 2 [ spır ] verb transitive to push something sharp and pointed into something else: She… …
27spear — [[t]spɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] spears, spearing, speared 1) N COUNT A spear is a weapon consisting of a long pole with a sharp metal point attached to the end. 2) VERB If you spear something, you push or throw a pointed object into it. [V n] Spear a piece of… …
28spear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lance, pike, javelin, blade; shoot. See arms, vegetable. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lance, pike, javelin, gar, halberd, half pike, partisan, bill, lancet, bayonet, fish spear, hunting spear, weapon. III… …
29spear — spear1 [spıə US spır] n [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English spere] [Sense: 2; Date: 1400 1500; Origin: spire] 1.) a pole with a sharp pointed blade at one end, used as a weapon in the past 2.) a thin pointed stem of a plant ▪ asparagus spears spear …
30spear — [OE] Spear is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German and Dutch speer (the 471 spice Scandinavian forms have died out). Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain, although it may have distant links with English spar and Latin sparus ‘hunting… …
