SPEAR

/spɪɹ/
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Definition

/spɪɹ/
noun
  1. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
  2. A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
  3. A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
verb
  1. To pierce with a spear.
  2. (by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
  3. To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
adjective
  1. Male.
    “a spear counterpart”
  2. Pertaining to male family members.
    “the spear side of the family”

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