'Spear' definitions:

Definition of 'spear'

From: WordNet
noun
A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon [syn: spear, lance, shaft]
noun
An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance]
verb
Pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
verb
Thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air" [syn: spear, spear up]

Definition of 'Spear'

From: GCIDE
  • Spear \Spear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speared; p. pr. & vb. n. Spearing.] To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spear'

From: GCIDE
  • Spear \Spear\, v. i. To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spear'

From: GCIDE
  • Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj["o]r, pl., Dan. spaer, L. sparus.]
  • 1. 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.
  • Note: [See Illust. of Spearhead.] "A sharp ground spear." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. [1913 Webster]
  • Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse.
  • Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow.
  • Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb.
  • Spear side, the male line of a family. --Lowell.
  • Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus lanceolatus}). [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'spear'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Spear'