Spear

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

Fig.: A spearman.

3. Noun

A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.

4. Noun

A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

5. Noun

The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.

6. Noun

The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

7. Verb

To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.

8. Verb

To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
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