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BNC: 8899 COCA: 8310

spear

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 spear /ˈspiɚ/ noun
plural spears
1 spear
/ˈspiɚ/
noun
plural spears
Learner's definition of SPEAR
[count]
: a weapon that has a long straight handle and a sharp point矛;标枪
: a new part of a plant that is thin and pointed : a shoot or sprout of a plant嫩枝;幼芽
2 spear /ˈspiɚ/ verb
spears; speared; spearing
2 spear
/ˈspiɚ/
verb
spears; speared; spearing
Learner's definition of SPEAR
[+ object]
: to push a spear or other pointed object into (something)用矛刺;用尖物刺穿
BNC: 8899 COCA: 8310

spear

1 of 5

noun (1)

1
: a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade
2
: a sharp-pointed instrument with barbs used in spearing fish
3

spear

2 of 5

verb (1)

speared; spearing; spears

transitive verb

1
: to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear
spear salmon
speared a chop from the platter
2
: to catch (something, such as a baseball) with a sudden thrust of the arm
3
a
ice hockey : to jab (an opposing player) with the blade of one's stick
All game, the Caps held, hooked, slashed, speared, chopped, and bopped … the Rangers' European players. Stu Hackel
b
American football : to ram (an opposing player) with one's helmet
… defensive end Ben Davidson set off a sidelines-clearing scrum when he speared Dawson from behind after he was down. Jim Trotter

intransitive verb

: to thrust at or wound something with or as if with a spear
spearer noun

spear

3 of 5

adjective

: paternal sense 3
the spear side of the family
compare distaff

spear

4 of 5

verb (2)

speared; spearing; spears

intransitive verb

of a plant
: to thrust a spear upward

spear

5 of 5

noun (2)

: a usually young blade, shoot, or sprout (as of grass)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper spear, Latin sparus hunting spear

Noun (2) and Verb (2)

alteration of spire entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Adjective

1861, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1573, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1647, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spear was before the 12th century
BNC: 8899 COCA: 8310
spear

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SPEAR | SPEAR + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVEhunting狩獵長矛VERB + SPEARbe armed with, carry, hold, wield拿着矛;揮着矛The tribesmen were armed with spears and shields.部落男子都手持矛和盾。use使用矛raise舉起矛brandish揮動矛hurl, throw投擲矛drive, thrust用矛刺He drove his spear through the creature's leg.他用矛刺入那動物的腿。SPEAR + NOUNpoint矛尖a 5 000-year-old stone spear point有 5,000 年歷史的石製矛尖PHRASESthe point of a spear矛尖She had a fish impaled on the point of her spear.她矛尖上叉住了一條魚。

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