Spear vs. Polearm
Difference Between Spear and Polearm
Spearnoun
A weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharply pointed end.
Polearmnoun
A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.
Spearnoun
A shaft with a sharp point and barbs for spearing fish.
Spearnoun
A soldier armed with a spear.
Spearnoun
A slender stalk, as of asparagus.
Spearverb
To pierce with a spear or other sharp object.
Spearverb
To catch with a thrust of the arm
spear a grounder.Spearverb
(Football) To block (an opponent) by ramming with the helmet, in violation of the rules.
Spearverb
(Sports) To jab (an opponent) with the blade of a hockey stick, in violation of the rules.
Spearverb
To stab at something with a spear or other sharp object.
Spearverb
To sprout like a spear.
Spearnoun
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
Spearnoun
A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
Spearnoun
A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
Spearnoun
(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
Spearnoun
(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
Spearnoun
A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
Spearnoun
The feather of a horse.
Spearnoun
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Spearnoun
A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
asparagus and broccoli spearsSpearverb
To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
Spearverb
(intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
Spearadjective
Male
a spear counterpartSpearadjective
Pertaining to male family members
the spear side of the familySpearnoun
a long pointed rod used as a weapon
Spearnoun
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Spearverb
pierce with a spear;
spear fishSpearverb
thrust up like a spear;
The branch speared up into the air
