spear

Definition

  • noun: a weapon that has a long straight handle and a sharp point
  • noun: a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade
  • verb: to push a spear or other pointed object into (something)
  • verb: to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear
  • synonyms: lance, spire, bourdon

Examples

  • She 'speared' an olive with a toothpick.

  • The hunters used 'spears'.

  • asparagus 'spears'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) What do you see? I see shapes of men. And of horses. Where? Pale banners like shreds of cloud. Spears rise... ...like winter-thickets through a shroud of mist. The Dead are following. They have been summoned. The Dead? (..)
    2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • (..) my lord. We have more from Fenmarch, Théoden King. - Where are the riders from Snowbourn? None have come, my lord. Six thousand spears. Less than half of what I'd hoped for. Six thousand will not be enough to break the lines of Mordor. More will come. Every hour lost hastens Gondor's defeat. (..)
    2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King