Defenition of the word spear
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Defenition of the word spear
- a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- 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.
- pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a long pointed rod used as a weapon
- thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- pierce with a spear
- thrust up like a spear
Synonyms for the word spear
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- fishgig
- fizgig
- gig
- gouge
- impale
- javelin
- lance
- pierce
- run through
- shaft
- spear up
- spike
- stab
- stick
Similar words in the spear
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- spear
- spear's
- speared
- spearhead
- spearhead's
- spearheaded
- spearheading
- spearheads
- spearing
- spearmint
- spearmint's
- spears
Meronymys for the word spear
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- barb
- fishing gear
- fishing rig
- fishing tackle
- rig
- spearhead
- tackle
Hyponyms for the word spear
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- assagai
- assegai
- harpoon
- javelin
- leister
- trident
Hypernyms for the word spear
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- arm
- empale
- impale
- implement
- jut
- jut out
- project
- protrude
- spike
- stick out
- surname
- transfix
- weapon
- weapon system
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