spear > define

noun

• A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.
  • synonyms: lance, shaft
• An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
  • synonyms: gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance

verb

• Pierce with a spear.
  • usage: "spear fish"
• Thrust up like a spear.
  • usage: "The branch speared up into the air"
  • synonyms: spear up

• (v.i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
• (n.) Fig.: A spearman.
• (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
• (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
• (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
• (v.t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
• (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
• (n.) The rod to which the bucket or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

• Name Meaning: Spear
• Name Origin: English