a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.-fig.: a spearman.-a sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.-a shoot, as of grass; a spire.-the feather of a horse. see feather, n., 4.-the rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.-to pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.-to shoot into a long stem, as some plants. see spire.