spear
Meaning of spear
noun
- a weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.
- a plant shoot, especially a pointed stem of asparagus or broccoli.
smoked salmon wrapped around asparagus spears
- pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object.
she speared her last chip with her fork
Old English spere, of Germanic origin; compare with Dutch speer and German Speer .
Information about spear
- The plural form of spear is: spears.
- Languages in which spear is used:
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Hyphenation of spear
spear
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- spear is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
spear synonyms
Meaning lance:
Meaning gig:
Translation of spear
- French: lance
- Spanish: lanza, pica, arponear, alancear
- Italian: lancia
- Portuguese: lança
- German: Speer, Spieß, Lanze, aufspießen
Anagrams of spear
apers, asper, pares, parse, Paser, Pears, pears, praes, prase, presa, rapes, reaps, repas, spaer, spare
Words that rhyme with spear
pear, compear, appear, coappear, disappear, misappear, reappear, redisappear, Breakspear, Spear, backspear, boarspear, eelspear, fishspear, upspear
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