spear
/spɪɹ/noun, verb1 syllable
Spear means: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
Synonyms for spear6
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