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spear /spɪə /noun1A weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.Their traditional hunting weapons were spears and blow guns....- The spear was the commonest weapon with an iron blade on a wooden shaft, often of ash and 2 to 3m in length.
- Swords, spears, and other weapons of obvious value stuck out of the mounds at odd angles.
1.1An instrument with a long shaft and a barbed tip used for catching fish.One of the traditional fishing methods in the Kavango includes fishing with spears....- Whaling in Korea dates back to the prehistoric era, as is evidenced by rock carvings, as well as bones and fishing spears found in Ulsan that are 5,000 years old.
- The Ojibwa fished throughout the year, using hooks, nets, spears, and traps.
2A plant shoot, especially a pointed stem of asparagus or broccoli: smoked salmon wrapped around asparagus spears...- Deb emerged from her cubicle, and shyly asked Gil's permission to eat two Portobello mushrooms and a spear of asparagus for dinner.
- My father is still picking stray asparagus spears from a commercial asparagus patch that was planted when he was a boy, and, that was a long time ago!
- Above and below the fava beans I've placed asparagus spears.
verb [with object]Pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object: she speared her last chip with her fork...- Then, with a lucky stab, Johnny speared the snake with the frog gig, just behind its neck.
- His foot and leg injury cause him to limp as he sprints toward Spike and spears him to the ground.
- Queequeg spears a male on the outer rim of the crowd.
Phrases Origin Old English spere, of Germanic origin; compare with Dutch speer and German Speer. Rhymes adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre |