spear: Meaning and Definition of

spear

1. 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.
2. a soldier or other person armed with such a weapon; spearman: an army of 40,000 spears.
3. a similar weapon or stabbing implement, as one for use in fishing.
4. the act of spearing.

1. See

1. to pierce with or as with a spear.

1. to go or penetrate like a spear: The plane speared through the clouds.

spear

1. a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.

1. to sprout; shoot; send up or rise in a spear or spears.