spear

Definitions

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. An English surname.
3. The sprout of a plant, stalk
4. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion
5. A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
   historical
6. A church spire.
   obsolete
7. A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman
8. A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish
9. A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
10. An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player
11. An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
12. In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection
13. In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
14. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
15. The feather of a horse.
16. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
17. A long, thin strip from a vegetable.

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Examples

“It's not like⟳ you killed someone It's not like⟳ you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk⟳ to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why He did it all for you”

“Now toil'd the Bruce, the battle done , To use⟳ his conquest boldly won; And gave command for horse and spear To press⟳ the Southron's scatter'd rear”

“Two of the four spears came directly from Lady Margaret's staff. One was her great-nephew Maurice St John […].”

“asparagus and broccoli spears”

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