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spearer

Variant of 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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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