SPEAR

Meaning of SPEAR in English

[verb] [T]The hunters speared the antelope (= threw or put a spear into it) through its neck.They catch the fish by spearing them.(figurative) She speared a piece of cake with her fork (= put her fork into a piece of cake in order to lift it).

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

SPEAR — I. ˈspi(ə)r, -iə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPEAR — (v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — ( v. t. ) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — spear 1 — spearer , n. /spear/ , n. 1. a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — v. pierce or thrust at with or as if with a spear; pass quickly; sprout, thrust upward (about plants)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPEAR — I. ˈspir noun Etymology: Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper spear, Latin sparus hunting …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPEAR — noun fig.: a spearman. 2. spear ·noun a shoot, as of grass; a spire. 3. spear ·noun the feather of …
Webster English vocab
SPEAR — [spear] n [ME spere, fr. OE; akin to OHG sper spear, L sparus hunting spear] (bef. 12c) 1: a thrusting …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPEAR — a pole weapon with a sharp point, either thrown or thrust at an enemy or prey. It appears in an …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPEAR — spear BrE AmE spɪə AmE spɪ ə r ▷ speared spɪəd AmE spɪ ə rd ▷ spearing ˈspɪər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPEAR — / spɪə(r); NAmE spɪr/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a weapon with a long wooden handle and a sharp …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEAR — I. spear 1 /spɪə $ spɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Language: Old English ; Origin: spere ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPEAR — n. & v. --n. 1 a thrusting or throwing weapon with a pointed usu. steel tip and a long shaft. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPEAR — n. & v. n. 1 a thrusting or throwing weapon with a pointed usu. steel tip and a long shaft. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPEAR — n. & v. --n. 1. a thrusting or throwing weapon with a pointed usu. steel tip and a long shaft. …
Oxford English vocab
SPEAR — ( spears, spearing, speared) 1. A spear is a weapon consisting of a long pole with a sharp metal point …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPEAR — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. A ~ is a weapon consisting of a long pole with a sharp metal point attached …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPEAR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB arm ▪ The two combatants were armed with spears and shields, and each …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPEAR — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hunting VERB + SPEAR ▪ be armed with , carry , hold , wield ▪ The tribesmen …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPEAR — I 1. сущ. 1) копье; дротик to hurl, throw a spear at ≈ метать, бросать копье в to thrust a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPEAR — spear.ogg _I 1. spıə n 1. копьё; дротик 2. острота; гарпун to catch a fish a whale with a spear …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPEAR — 1) нефт. труболовка 2) игла для прокалывания черешков табачного листа • - casing spear - drill collar spear - drill …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SPEAR — 1) нефт. труболовка 2) игла для прокалывания черешков табачного листа • - casing spear - drill collar spear - drill pipe spear - fishing spear - nonreleasing …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SPEAR — 1) багрить 2) копье 3) лучить • - battery spear - spear marker
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPEAR — _I 1. spıə n 1. копьё; дротик 2. острота; гарпун to catch a fish a whale with a spear - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPEAR — I 1. сущ. 1) копье; дротик to hurl, throw a spear at — метать, бросать копье в to thrust a …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPEAR — I 1. сущ. 1) копье; дротик to hurl, throw a spear at — метать, бросать копье в to thrust a spear into — пронзать …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPEAR — 1. _n. 1> копье; дротик 2> острога; гарпун 3> _поэт. копейщик 4> _бот. побег, отпрыск; стрелка; spear side - мужская …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SPEAR — 1. труболовка 2. ловильный крючок (в канатном бурении); однорогий ёрш (ловильный инструмент) 3. штанга (спускаемая на желоночном тросе для чистки …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
SPEAR — I 1. сущ. 1) копье; дротик to hurl, throw a spear at ≈ метать, бросать копье в to thrust a …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPEAR — n. lanse; v. trapicar, traforar per lanse
English interlingue dictionary
SPEAR — bangkaw
English-Visayan vocabulary
SPEAR — I. noun Etymology: Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper ~, Latin sparus hunting ~ …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPEAR — (v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — (n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — (n.) Fig.: A spearman.
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft …
Английский словарь Webster
SPEAR — ( v. i. ) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — ( n. ) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — ( n. ) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — ( n. ) Fig.: A spearman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — ( n. ) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — ( n. ) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — ( n. ) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPEAR — n. weapon consisting of a long staff with a sharpened point, lance, javelin; pointy sprout or leaf of a plant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPEAR — n. Function: noun Etymology: alteration of 1 spire Date: 1647 : a usually young blade, shoot, or sprout (as of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPEAR — n. Function: intransitive verb Etymology: 5 spear Date: 1573 of a plant : to thrust a spear upward
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPEAR — n. Function: adjective Date: 1861 : PATERNAL 3 <the spear side of the family> ― compare DISTAFF
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPEAR — n. Function: transitive verb Date: 15th century 1 : to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPEAR — n. Pronunciation: ' spir Function: noun Etymology: Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper spear, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPEAR — ■ noun 1》 a metal weapon with a pointed tip and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPEAR — Synonyms and related words : anthrophore, assegai, auger, axis, bag, bayonet, bill, bine, bite, blade, bole, bore, bough, bract, bracteole, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEAR — n. Function: verb Synonyms: IMPALE , lance, skewer, skiver, spike, spit, transfix, transpierce Related Words: stick; bore, drill, penetrate, pierce; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPEAR — n. 1. Lance, javelin. 2. Shoot, spire.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SPEAR — verb Synonyms: impale , lance, skewer, skiver, spike, spit, transfix, transpierce Related Word: stick; bore, drill, penetrate, pierce; gouge, ream
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEAR — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SPEAR — n. 25B6; noun JAVELIN, lance, assegai, harpoon, bayonet; gaff, leister; historical pike.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEAR — 1. noun копье 2. v пронзать (vt)
Dirty English-Russian vocab
SPEAR — n. 1) to hurl, throw a ~ at 2) to thrust a ~ into
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SPEAR — rapes
Anagrams English vocabulary
SPEAR — See: Arms, Armor
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

Cambridge English vocab

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