Spear
noun
- 1.
- (A weapon for hurling, a pointed stem as of asparagus, a shoot) លំពែង, ដំបងសម្រាប់ប្រយុទ្ធគ្នាលើទូក, ស្ន
verb — past tense: speared ; past participle: speared ; present participle: spearing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To pierce or stab as with a spear) ចាក់នឹងលំពែង
Example: Father speared a piece of potato on his fork.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
- 3.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- 4.
- The feather of a horse.
- 5.
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
verb — past tense: speared ; past participle: speared ; present participle: spearing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants.
- 1.
- A spearman