spike

1. n. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. Source: opted

2. n. Anything resembling such a nail in shape. Source: opted

3. n. An ear of corn or grain. Source: opted

4. n. A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. Source: opted

5. v. t. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks. Source: opted

6. v. t. To set or furnish with spikes. Source: opted

7. v. t. To fix on a spike. Source: opted

8. v. t. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it. Source: opted

9. n. Spike lavender. See Lavender. Source: opted

10. n. a transient variation in voltage or current Source: wordnet

11. n. sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes Source: wordnet

12. n. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn Source: wordnet

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