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Word entry · 5 letters

spear

Best crossword clue

"Pointed pole"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /spɪə̯(ɹ)/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeprsStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. pierce with a spear

Word origin

From Middle English spere, sperre, spear, from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

Used in a sentence

  • It's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why He did it all for you
  • Now toil'd the Bruce, the battle done , To use his conquest boldly won; And gave command for horse and spear To press the Southron's scatter'd rear
  • Two of the four spears came directly from Lady Margaret's staff. One was her great-nephew Maurice St John […].

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