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Meaning spear meaning

What does spear mean?
Definitions in simple English

spear Noun

— A spear is a long stick that is sharp at one or both ends and is used as a weapon. Everyone in the Spartan Army carried a spear into battle — A spear is a piece of asparagus or other vegetables that looks like a spear. At the fancy restaurant, I had a steak with a side of asparagus spears

spear Verb

— To spear is to stab someone or something with a spear. The Cree used to spear fish.

spear

— verb pierce with a spear spear fish — noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon — noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish — verb (= spear up) thrust up like a spear The branch speared up into the air

Synonyms spear synonyms

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spear English » English

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Topics spear topics

What do people use spear to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot
Universe, creation Plant

Parts of a plant
Person Healthy

Injure
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunt
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Fishing
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals

Conjugation spear conjugation

How do you conjugate spear?

spear · verb

Examples spear examples

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Simple sentences

The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
The spear missed Tom.
A real man only goes to the doctor when a spear fragment in his back begins to disturb his sleep.
Tom stabbed Mary with a spear.
Leaning on his bone-tipped spear for support, Tom rises to his feet.
Tom shakes his spear in anger at bear.
The actor walked on stage carrying a spear.

Movie subtitles

I get up early, and as soon as I open the door, I practically ran into this spear that's stuck in the ground.
Who else could've left that spear?
The spear this morning telling us to leave?
If the dragon slayer would bathe in the dragon's blood, his body would become invincible, forever safe against sword and spear!
You have to defeat me three times, o king: with the stone, the spring, and the spear.
Used to come home from his work all portered up. hit the baby with the plate, throw the gravy in the grate. spear the canary with a fork.
A spear gun.
The spear-forgers donate a thousand spears!
One Ubardi spear kill all horses.
For Boy. Spear fish.
Spear fish tomorrow.
That's all we do, carry a spear.
Carry a spear in the first act, and in the second act.
Drop that spear and get into line!
What are you doing with that shield and spear, boy?
They roar to call the lions, then they spear them.
Spear fish.
Instead, I have to carry a spear.
All I had to do was to carry a spear.
I wonder if we'll ever carry a spear again. Let's hope so.
His bell-spear's jingle protects him, and he's admired even by bandits.
Do you think that hanging his spear on your wall will make you royal?
I practically ran into this spear that's stuck in the ground.
I wonder if we'll ever carry a spear again.
A spear, sir.
Then where's your spear?
A caveman with a spear!
Pistol, rapier, foil spear, bow, poison, rifle.
Come on, come on, where's your boar spear, man?
Who accepts, pass beyond the spear.

News and current affairs

To be sure, sophisticated bone tools, such as harpoons, spear points, and awls, seem to have appeared in Africa 90,000 years ago, much earlier than in the rest of the world.
An A-bomb is millions of times more immoral than a spear or sword, hundreds of thousands of times more immoral than a rifle, thousands of times more immoral than a machine gun, and hundreds of times more immoral than salvo systems or cluster bombs.

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