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lanced

UK/lɑːnst/US/lænst/

lanced is the simple past and past participle of lance.

Meaning of lance

Verb

lance (third-person singular simple present lances, present participle lancing, simple past and past participle lanced)

  1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
    • Seiz'd the due Victim, and with Fury lanch'd Her Back1700, [John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 268
  2. To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce.
    • to lance a vein or an abscess
  3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
  4. (informal) To steal or swipe.
    • He lanced my drink and spiked it!
  5. To move suddenly and quickly.

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Words formed from lanced

Words that rhyme with lanced

Questions about lanced

What is lanced the simple past and past participle of?
Lanced is the simple past and past participle of lance.
How do you pronounce lanced?
Lanced is pronounced /lɑːnst/ (UK).

Words near lanced in the dictionary

  1. lance-knights
  2. lance-ovate
  3. lanceable
  4. lancebill
  5. lancebills
  6. lanced
  7. Lancefield
  8. Lancefieldian
  9. lancefish
  10. lancefishes
  11. lancegay

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