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# spear

«spear» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long weapon or tool with a pointed tip, used for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a spear, spears); verb (spear, spears, speared, spearing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A long weapon or tool with a pointed tip, used for throwing or stabbing, especially for hunting or fishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#m1)

2) A long thin pointed shoot of a plant, such as a spear of asparagus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#m2)

3) To push something pointed into something, such as spearing food with a fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#m3)

4) To catch or hunt with a spear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, early humans and many peoples hunted and fished with spears. In everyday life «to spear a chip with your fork» means to stab food to pick it up. In cooking, asparagus comes in spears. Phrases: «throw a spear», «spear fishing», «asparagus spears», «spear a piece».

### examples

- The hunters made spears from wood and sharp stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x1)
- He threw the spear as far as he could. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x2)
- She speared a sausage with her fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x3)
- We had asparagus spears with dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x4)
- Some people go spear fishing near the reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x5)
- The warrior's spear had a bronze tip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x6)
- The heron speared a fish with its sharp beak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x7)
- In the museum we saw a spear used thousands of years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x8)
- They snatched spears and shields from their foes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spear/#x9)

### note

Plural «spears». «Spear» rhymes with «near». A javelin is a light spear thrown in sport. Do not confuse «spear» with «sphere» (a ball shape). Sharp sticks and spears are dangerous; only use them with an adult.

### In the corpora

- [He nods hard, but he is sure it means the great Chief is surrounded by enemies with spears.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/1/)
- [There they find Taffy making daisy-chains and Tegumai happily spearing small carp with his mended spear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/9/)
- [Taffy only wanted the spear, and in the end it is the one spear nobody brought.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/7/)
- [Tegumai to his Tribe: «Can't a man break his carp-spear without the whole countryside descending on him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/11/)
- [Taffy: «There wasn't lots of spears.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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