1 a weapon with a long wooden handle and a sharp metal point used for fighting, hunting and fishing in the past
2 the long pointed stem of some plants
verb [VN] to push or throw a spear or other pointed object through sth/sb:
They were standing in the river spearing fish. * She speared an olive with her fork.
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