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spear
  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. (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
  3. A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
  4. (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
  5. (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
  6. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
  7. The feather of a horse.
  8. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
  9. A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The guard was armed with a long spear and a knife, the goat with only his tiny sharp teeth and his severely obstreperous attitude.”
      “Sarpedon of Lukka launched a spear that sailed for one of Diomedes' men.”
spearcaster
  1. A sling-like device used to impart greater impetus to a thrown spear.
  2. A soldier or guard armed with a spear used as a ranged weapon.
  3. A track-and-field athlete who throws a spear or spears; a javelinist, a javelin thrower.
  4. Synonyms:
spearfishing
  1. A form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which may be thrust or thrown by hand or with a spear gun.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The centre offers diving, spearfishing, underwater photography, and simply sailing.”
      “Because spearfishing is forbidden, there are many reef fishes in all sizes, and they are not shy.”
      “Of all shark attacks worldwide, nearly all occur on surfers and many were directly related to fishing or spearfishing.”
spearfish
  1. Any of the marlins in the genus Tetrapturus, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
  2. Synonyms:
speargun
  1. A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The island is surrounded by clear deep water, and is home to as many large groupers as manage to escape the speargun.”
      “Divers use the speargun for defense against dangerous marine animals.”
speargrass
  1. Any of several, unrelated grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
    1. Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
    2. Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
    3. Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
    4. Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
    5. Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
    6. Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass)
  2. Synonyms:
spearwoman
  1. A female warrior who fights with a spear.
speartip
  1. The tip, end, or point of a spear.
spearpoint
  1. The point or tip of a spear.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The warrior skillfully aimed his spearpoint at the heart of his enemy, ready to strike with lethal precision.”
      “The mataa, or obsidian spearpoint, which was mass-produced, is the characteristic artifact of this period.”
      “Mallory raised his hand to his helmet and felt the sizable dent that the spearpoint had made.”
spearing
spearplay
  1. Fighting (or practice exercises) with spears.
spearfisher
  1. One who fishes with a spear.
spearsman
  1. Alternative form of spearman
spearshaft
  1. The shaft of a spear
spearman
  1. A soldier who fights with a spear
  2. Examples:
    1. “There actually is quite the rounded out selection of units to make as well, ranging from infantry to spearman to archers to legionnaires to praetorians and beyond.”
      “The correlation matrix values were obtained using the Spearman rank order correlation test.”
      “They should be there, according to a map spearman had made in orbit from the final photographs.”
spearmaker
  1. One who makes spears.
spearmaking
  1. The making of spears.
spearfisherman
spearer
  1. One who uses a spear.
spearlet
  1. A small spear.
spearfishermen
  1. plural of spearfisherman
spearcasters
spearfishers
  1. plural of spearfisher
spearwomen
  1. plural of spearwoman
spearshafts
  1. plural of spearshaft
spearmakers
  1. plural of spearmaker
spearpoints
  1. plural of spearpoint
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Stone has been used to make a wide variety of different tools throughout history, including arrow heads, spearpoints and querns.”
speargrasses
spearsmen
  1. plural of spearsman
spearfishes
spearmen
  1. plural of spearman
  2. Examples:
    1. “In recognition of his spearmen he gave them each a parcel of land in the area.”
      “He was asked to command a division of the spearmen and attack some settlements.”
      “Hamlet was given a couple of warriors, spearmen and bowmen to counter this latest example of English aggression.”
spearguns
  1. plural of speargun
spearlets
  1. plural of spearlet
speartips
  1. plural of speartip
spearings
spearers
  1. plural of spearer
spears
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