'LANCE' definitions:
Definition of 'lance'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance]
noun
A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions [syn: lancet, lance]
verb
Move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"
verb
Pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
verb
Open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"
Definition of 'Lance'
From: GCIDE
- Lance \Lance\ (l[a^]ns), n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. lo`gchh. Cf. Launch.]
- 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. [1913 Webster]
- A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Med.) A lancet. [PJC]
- Free lance, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. See also freelance, n. and a., and freelancer.
- Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.
- Lance corporal, same as Lancepesade.
- Lance knight, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson.
- Lance snake (Zool.), the fer-de-lance.
- Stink-fire lance (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners.
- To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lance'
From: GCIDE
- Lance \Lance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancing.]
- 1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. [1913 Webster]
- Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amputate,
- assegai,
- auger,
- ax,
- bayonet,
- bisect,
- bite,
- bore,
- bowl,
- broach,
- butcher,
- carve,
- cast,
- catapult,
- chop,
- chuck,
- chunk,
- cleave,
- countersink,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut in two,
- cut off,
- dagger,
- dart,
- dash,
- dichotomize,
- dirk,
- dissever,
- drill,
- empierce,
- excise,
- fire,
- fissure,
- fix,
- fling,
- flip,
- fork,
- gash,
- gore,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- hack,
- halve,
- heave,
- hew,
- hole,
- honeycomb,
- hurl,
- hurtle,
- impale,
- incise,
- javelin,
- jerk,
- jigsaw,
- knife,
- lancet,
- launch,
- let fly,
- lob,
- needle,
- open,
- pare,
- pass,
- peg,
- pelt,
- penetrate,
- perforate,
- pierce,
- pike,
- pink,
- pitch,
- pitchfork,
- plunge in,
- poniard,
- prick,
- prune,
- punch,
- puncture,
- put,
- put the shot,
- ream,
- ream out,
- rend,
- riddle,
- rive,
- run through,
- saber,
- saw,
- scissor,
- serve,
- sever,
- shy,
- skewer,
- slash,
- slice,
- sling,
- slit,
- snap,
- snip,
- spear,
- spike,
- spit,
- split,
- stab,
- stick,
- stiletto,
- sunder,
- sword,
- tap,
- tear,
- throw,
- tilt,
- toss,
- transfix,
- transpierce,
- trepan,
- trephine,
- whittle
Acronyms for 'LANCE'
From: V.E.R.A.
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