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What does the word spear mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To pierce with a spear.

Part of speech: verb

To send forth spires, as a plant.

Part of speech: noun

A weapon for throwing or thrusting, consisting of a pointed head on a long shaft.

Part of speech: noun

A spire, as of grass.

Usage examples for spear

The young man next sends his sister with a spear, or some other trifling article, which she leaves at the door of the girl's home. – Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry Theophilus Finck
The spear missed; but the second boat dashed up. – The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley
But for that the spear would have pierced your back. – The Golden Canyon Contents: The Golden Canyon; The Stone Chest by G. A. Henty

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