spear
/spɪɹ/ verb C2- To pierce with a spear.
- To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
He/she/it spears · Past speared · Past participle speared · -ing form spearing
Verb forms
- Base form
- spear
- He/she/it
- spears
- Past
- speared
- Past participle
- speared
- -ing form
- spearing
From the library
Look well at that man; it is he who raised your father’s head on the point of a spear; it is he who sold us; it is he who forsook us!
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