spear

noun

1. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

Similar word(s): lance, shaft

Definition categories: man–made, arm, weapon

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

Similar word(s): fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance

Definition categories: man–made, implement

Sentences with spear as a noun:

- asparagus and broccoli spears

verb

1. pierce with a spear

- spear fish

Definition categories: contact, empale, impale, spike, transfix

2. thrust up like a spear

- The branch speared up into the air

Definition categories: stative, jut, project, protrude