noun Download 🔗Share A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion. Examples : "The soldier practiced throwing his spear accurately. " weapon military utensil history archaeology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman. Examples : "The spear practiced his spear-throwing technique in the backyard. " military weapon war person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish. Examples : "The fisherman used his spear to pull the large flounder out of the water and into the boat. " utensil fish weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player. Examples : "The hockey player was penalized for a spear, hitting his opponent in the chest with the end of his stick. " sport action game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection. Examples : "During the wrestling match, the competitor landed a powerful spear on his opponent, sending him sprawling. " sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shoot, as of grass; a spire. Examples : "After the rain, a new spear of green grass pushed through the soil. " plant nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The feather of a horse. Examples : "My horse, Comet, has a beautiful, white spear. " animal body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. Examples : "The farmer used the pump's spear to draw water from the well. " machine technical utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long, thin strip from a vegetable. Examples : "asparagus and broccoli spears" vegetable food plant part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pierce with a spear. Examples : "The fisherman tried to spear the fish with his long, sharp spear. " weapon action military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (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. Examples : "The chef expertly spear the salmon fillet with a long, thin skewer. " weapon action sport military utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do. Examples : "The sunflowers in my garden spear upward toward the bright summer sun. " plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Male. Examples : "a spear counterpart" sex human person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Pertaining to male family members. Examples : "the spear side of the family" family Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
