Definition of spear

• n. - A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
• n. - Fig.: A spearman.
• n. - A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
• n. - A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
• n. - The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
• n. - The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
• v. t. - To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
• v. i. - To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.