n. 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.n. Fig.: A spearman.n. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.n. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.n. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.n. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.v. To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear.verb-intransitive. To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See spire.