Thesaurus: spear

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1. n. 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. n. Fig.: A spearman.
3. n. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
4. n. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
5. n. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
6. n. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
7. v. t. To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
8. v. i. To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
9. n. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
10. n. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
11. v. pierce with a spear
12. v. thrust up like a spear