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spear

/spɪɹ/noun, verb1 syllable

Spear means: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.

Synonyms for spear6

noun, as in an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance

noun, as in a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

verb, as in thrust up like a spear

spear up

What does spear mean?4

noun

1

an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

2

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

verb

1

thrust up like a spear“The branch speared up into the air”

2

pierce with a spear“spear fish”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with spear?51

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Spear in a sentence

  • Pressed by the enemy, the soldiers were unable to throw their spears.RickyDT
  • They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.shekitten
  • At the same time, spears and arrows began to fall among the invaders.CM
  • The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.darinmex
  • The actor walked on stage carrying a spear.sharptoothed
  • A spear can keep a person fed in difficult times.AlanF_US
  • Alberto was holding some kind of spear-like object.Amastan
  • Yuri grabbed the spear and pulled it out of the water.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of spear

as a noun

plural
spears

as a verb

past tense
speared
present participle
spearing
third-person singular
spears
past participle
speared