spear

noun

1. a weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp point, usually of metal or stone, for thrusting or throwing
2. any spearlike, often forked, implement used for thrusting, as in one kind of fishing
3. spearman
4. a long blade or shoot, as of grass

transitive verb

1. to pierce or stab with something pointed, as a spear
2. to catch (fish, etc.) with a spear
3. Informal to extend the arm so as to make a one-handed catch of (a baseball, etc.)

intransitive verb

1. to pierce or shoot like a spear
2. to sprout into a long stem