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• spear — ► NOUN 1) a weapon with a pointed metal tip and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing. 2) a plant shoot, especially a pointed stem of asparagus or broccoli. 3) (before another noun ) denoting the male side or members of a family. Compare… …   English terms dictionary

• spear — noun 1》 a metal weapon with a pointed tip and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing. 2》 a plant shoot, especially a pointed stem of asparagus or broccoli. 3》 [as modifier] denoting the male side or members of a family. Compare with distaff …   English new terms dictionary

• spear — I. noun Etymology: Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper spear, Latin sparus hunting spear Date: before 12th century 1. a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade 2. a sharp pointed… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• spear — n. & v. n. 1 a thrusting or throwing weapon with a pointed usu. steel tip and a long shaft. 2 a similar barbed instrument used for catching fish etc. 3 archaic a spearman. 4 a pointed stem of asparagus etc. v.tr. pierce or strike with or as if… …   Useful english dictionary

• spear — 1. noun /ˈspɪɚ/ a) A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion. b) A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish. 2. verb /ˈspɪɚ/ To penetrate or strike with, or as if… …   Wiktionary

• strike — [c]/straɪk / (say struyk) verb (struck) or stricken) –verb (t) 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit: he struck her and she fell to the floor. 2. to deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust with …  

• strike — v 1. hit, smite, thwack, slap, smack, Australian. ding; cuff, buffet, knock, punch, box, sandbag, Scot. dunt, Scot, and North. Eng. paik, Inf. clout, Inf. slug, Inf. whack, Inf. knock [s.o. s] block off, Inf. wallop, Inf. crown, Sl. conk, Dial.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• 1934 West Coast waterfront strike — The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen s Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted eighty three days, triggered by sailors and a four day general strike in San Francisco, and… …   Wikipedia

• Operation Spear — Part of the Post invasion Iraq Date June, 2005 Location Karabillah, Iraq …   Wikipedia

• Operation Neptune’s Spear — Das Anwesen Bin Ladens in Abbottabad – schematische Grafik Operation Neptune’s Spear (auch Operation Neptune Spear, Abbottabad Operation oder Operation Geronimo) war ein Militäreinsatz der USA in Pakistan am 2. Mai 2011, bei dem Osama bin Laden,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• To smite with the tongue — Smite Smite (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. {Smote} (sm[=o]t), rarely {Smit} (sm[i^]t); p. p. {Smitten} (sm[i^]t t n), rarely {Smit}, or {Smote}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smiting} (sm[imac]t [i^]ng).] [AS. sm[=i]tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English