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Definition of spear verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

spear

verb

NAmE//spɪr//

spear something/somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spear

he / she / it spears

past simple speared

-ing form spearing

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to throw or push a spear or other pointed object through something or someone They were standing in the river spearing fish. She speared an olive with her fork.

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