spear
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- 2.
(historical)(now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- 3.
A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- 4.
(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- 5.
(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- 6.
A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- 7.
The feather of a horse.
- 8.
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
- 9.
A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
asparagus and broccoli spears
- 10.
(botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- 11.
(obsolete)A church spire.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To pierce with a spear.
- 2.
(broadly, transitive)(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.
- 3.
(gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- 4.
(intransitive)To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
- 5.
(especially, obsolete, transitive)(transitive, obsolete, especially in Regency England) To ignore as a social snub.
Đồng nghĩa: blank, cut
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Male.
a spear counterpart
- 2.
(not comparable)Pertaining to male family members.
the spear side of the family
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From Middle English spere, sperre, spear, from Old English spere, from *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.