spear

1. transitive verb

2. 1 :  to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear spear salmon speared a chop from the platter

3. 2 :  to catch (something, such as a baseball) with a sudden thrust of the arm

4. 3a ice hockey :  to jab (an opposing player) with the blade of one's stick All game, the Caps held, hooked, slashed, speared, chopped, and bopped … the Rangers' European players. — Stu Hackelb American football :  to ram (an opposing player) with one's helmet … defensive end Ben Davidson set off a sidelines-clearing scrum when he speared Dawson from behind after he was down. — Jim Trotter

5. intransitive verb

6. :  to thrust at or wound something with or as if with a spear

1. :  paternal 3 the spear side of the family — compare distaff

of a plant

1. intransitive verb

2. :  to thrust a spear upward

1. :  a usually young blade, shoot, or sprout (as of grass)

1. 1 :  a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade used for throwing or jabbing

2. 2 :  an instrument with a sharp point and curved hooks used in stabbing fish

1. :  to strike or pierce with or as if with a spear

1. :  a usually young blade or sprout (as of grass)