spear

1. (verb) pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
Related Words: empale, impale, spike, transfix

2. (verb) thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
Synonyms: spear up
Related Words: jut out, project, protrude, stick out

3. (noun) a long pointed rod used as a weapon
Synonyms: lance, shaft
Related Words: arm, assagai, assegai, javelin, trident, weapon, weapon system

4. (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance
Related Words: harpoon, implement



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