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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishspere,sperre,spear, fromOld Englishspere, fromProto-West Germanic*speru, fromProto-Germanic*speru, fromProto-Indo-European*sperH-.

Cognates

See alsoWest Frisianspear,Dutchspeer,GermanSpeer,Old Norsespjǫr,*sparrô,Middle Dutchsparre(“rafter”),Old Norsesparri(“spar, rafter”),sperra(“rafter, beam”); alsoLatinsparus(“short spear”),Albanianferrë(“thorn, thornbush”).

Noun

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spear (pluralspears)

  1. A longstick with a sharp tip used as aweapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
    • 2000, “Judith”, performed byA Perfect Circle:
      It's not like you killed someone
      It's not like you drove a spitefulspear into his side
      Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why
      He did it all for you
  2. (now chieflyhistorical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; aspearman.
  3. Alance withbarbedprongs, used by fishermen to retrievefish.
  4. (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of ahockey stick to strike into anotherhockey player.
  5. (wrestling) Inprofessional wrestling, a runningtackle in which the wrestler'sshoulder is driven into theopponent'smidsection.
  6. Ashoot, as of grass; aspire.
  7. Thefeather of ahorse.
  8. Therod to which thebucket, orplunger, of apump is attached; a pump rod.
  9. A long, thin strip from avegetable.
    asparagus and broccolispears
Derived terms
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Translations
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long stick with a sharp tip
sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish
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Verb

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spear (third-person singular simple presentspears,present participlespearing,simple past and past participlespeared)

  1. (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
    Hypernyms:run through;see alsoThesaurus:impale
    Coordinate terms:jab;see alsoThesaurus:stab
    • 2012, Robin Reid,Savannas of Our Birth:
      By the 1970s, herders werespearing rhinos and poisoning lions to protest the loss of their land to conservation, then represented by the independent Kenyan government.
  2. (transitive, 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.
    • 2003, Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler,Who's who in Hockey:
      Former teammate Derek Sanderson recalls that Maki hit Ted from behind as Green was clearing the puck from the Boston zone. Green turned to knock Maki down, but Makispeared him as he rose from the ice.
  3. (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one'shelmet.
  4. (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
    • 1707,J[ohn] Mortimer,The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London:[…] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […],→OCLC:
      you may prepare them forspearing by laying the Keys in Earth or Sand
  5. (transitive,obsolete, especially in Regency England) To ignore as a social snub.
    Synonyms:blank,cut
    • 27 September 2013, Kane, Kathryn,The Regency Redingote Blog The Cut: The Ultimate & Final Social Weapon:
      The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register for 1798 included an explanation by a reader of how the cut was carried out in his college days in a lengthy letter to the editor, signed by the pseudonym "Ansonius." In his rambling letter, Ansonius noted that when he was at college, " … if a man passed an old acquaintance wittingly, without recognizing him, he was said— ‘To cut him.’" Ansonius then went on to explain the performance of the cut and noted that for a time the term "to spear" was used instead of to cut. However, that term did not remain long in use, and this act was generally known as "the cut" ever after.
Translations
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strike with any long narrow object

Adjective

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spear (notcomparable)

  1. Male.
    aspear counterpart
  2. Pertaining to male family members.
    thespear side of the family
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Etymology 2

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Alteration ofspire, fromMiddle Englishspyre,spier,spir, fromOld Englishspīr(“stalk of a plant, shoot, blade”). More atspire.

Noun

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spear (pluralspears)

  1. (botany) Thesprout of a plant,stalk
  2. (obsolete) Achurchspire.
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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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spear

  1. alternative form ofspere(“spear”)

West Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianspere,spiri, fromProto-West Germanic*speru, fromProto-Germanic*speru.

Noun

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spear c (pluralspearen,diminutivespearke)

  1. spear

Further reading

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  • “spear”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
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