Spear

  • 31spear — 1 noun (C) 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, shaped like a spear: asparagus spears 2 verb (T) 1 to push or throw a spear into something, especially in order to kill it:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32spear — [OE] Spear is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German and Dutch speer (the Scandinavian forms have died out). Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain, although it may have distant links with English spar and Latin sparus ‘hunting spear’ …

    Word origins

  • 33spear — 1) a fish spear often has 2 7 prongs on the end in various arrangements used to capture fish. Often barbed. Many variants and impromptu structures exist. See also narsoo; 2) bite (the straight part after the bend on a hook, q.v.) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 34spear — spɪr /spɪə n. weapon consisting of a long staff with a sharpened point, lance, javelin; pointy sprout or leaf of a plant v. pierce or thrust at with or as if with a spear; pass quickly; sprout, thrust upward (about plants) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 35spear —    a penis    A weapon of no greater length or threat than the coarse mutton dagger of army slang:     No, Redmon, said Leon with great seriousness, there is new diseases here. Your spear it rots. (O Hanlon, 1984 the new disease was syphilis) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 36spear — noun 1》 a metal weapon with a pointed tip and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing. 2》 a plant shoot, especially a pointed stem of asparagus or broccoli. 3》 [as modifier] denoting the male side or members of a family. Compare with distaff …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 37Spear — A pole weapon used for thrusting. Primarly it was a held weapon but could also be used for throwing. with the club, perhaps the first human tool designed specifically as a weapon, the spear is simply a long shafted weapon designed principally for …

    Medieval glossary

  • 38spear — [spɪə] noun [C] I a long weapon that is like a stick with one sharp pointed end II verb [T] spear [spɪə] to push something that is sharp and pointed into something else …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 39Spear-Spiele — war ein Spielehersteller, der Produktionsstandorte in Deutschland (Nürnberg bis 1984) und Großbritannien (Enfield bis 1997) unterhielt. Sein Markenzeichen war zunächst eine liegende Lanze mit den Initialen J.W.S S, später Spear Spiel oder Spear… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 40Spear's Games — Spear Spiele war ein Spielehersteller, der Produktionsstandorte in Deutschland (Nürnberg bis 1984) und Großbritannien (Enfield bis 1997) unterhielt. Sein Markenzeichen war zunächst eine liegende Lanze mit den Initialen J.W.S S , später Spear… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia