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# lance

«lance» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long spear with a pointed tip, carried by knights on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lance, lances); verb (lance, lances, lanced, lancing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lance is a long spear with a pointed tip, carried by knights on horseback in battles and jousts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#m1)

2) (verb, medicine) To lance a boil or abscess is for a doctor to cut it open with a sharp tool so the pus can come out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#m2)

3) Lance is also a boy's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons about knights and the Middle Ages, two knights charged at each other with lances in a joust. In health, doctors lance boils with clean tools; you should not try it yourself. In stories, a knight's lance is a symbol of bravery. Common phrases: «couch a lance» (hold it ready), «break a lance», «lance a boil», «lance corporal» (a soldier's rank).

### examples

- The knight lowered his lance and charged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#x1)
- The lance broke against the shield in the joust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#x2)
- The doctor lanced the boil on his neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#x3)
- Knights practised with lances at a target. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#x4)
- A lance is much longer than a sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#x5)
- His uncle is a lance corporal in the army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#x6)
- Lance is the new boy in our class. (a name) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/#x7)

### note

Plural: lances. A «lancet» is a small, sharp medical tool. Do not confuse «lance» with «launch» (send off). «Lance corporal» is the lowest rank of corporal in the British army.

### In the corpora

- [At tournaments knights jousted, charging at each other on horseback with blunted lances in front of cheering crowds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/14/)
- [As widely reported, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in 2012 for doping and admitted it in 2013.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/4/)
- [And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.679/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.