speare
speare is the obsolete spelling of spear.
Meaning of spear
Noun
spear (plural spears)
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why
He did it all for you2000, “Judith”, performed by A Perfect Circle
- It's not like you killed someone
- A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- Now toil'd the Bruce, the battle done ,
To use his conquest boldly won;
And gave command for horse and spear
To press the Southron's scatter'd rear1815, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James...
- Now toil'd the Bruce, the battle done ,
- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
Proper noun capitalized: Speare
Speare (plural Speares)
- An English surname transferred from the nickname or originating as an occupation.
Forms of speare
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | speares |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Speares |
Origin of speare
Variant form of Spear, from Middle English spere (“spear”), from Old English spere (“spear”), variously intending a spearman, a spearmaker, or a person tall and thin in a way reminiscent of a spear.
Words formed from speare
Questions about speare
- What does speare mean?
- Speare means an English surname transferred from the nickname or originating as an occupation.
- What is speare the obsolete spelling of?
- Speare is the obsolete spelling of spear.
- What part of speech is speare?
- Speare is a proper noun.
Words near speare in the dictionary
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