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spear verb2. LME.
[from SPEAR noun1.]
I. verb trans.
Pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object. LME.
E. Bowen She took her fork up, speared the eclair, and watched the cream ooze forth. G. Swift My ancestors were water people. They speared fish and netted ducks. fig.: S. Keyes A stormy day, a granite peak Spearing the sky.
Cause to move like a spear; spearhead (an attack etc.). E20.
Dismiss from employment. Cf. SPEAR noun1 2b. Austral. slang. E20.
Beg; obtain by begging. US slang. E20.
II. verb intrans. rare.
Rise up like a spear. E19.
Clive James The plane went spearing up through the heat-wobble.
Move like a spear. M20.