spear

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

spear [spear spears speared spearing] noun, verb BrE [spɪə(r)] NAmE [spɪr]
noun
1. a weapon with a long wooden handle and a sharp metal point used for fighting, hunting and fishing in the past
2. the long pointed ↑stem of some plants

Word Origin:
Old English spere, of Germanic origin; compare with Dutch speer and German Speer.

Example Bank:
•She had a fish impaled on the point of her spear.
•The tribesmen were armed with spears and shields.
•a 5 000-year-old stone spear point

 
verb ~ sth/sb
to throw or push a ↑spear or other pointed object through sth/sb
•They were standing in the river spearing fish.
•She speared an olive with her fork.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English spere, of Germanic origin; compare with Dutch speer and German Speer.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gig, fizgig, fishgig, lance, shaft, spear up