lance

(Engels)

Noun

1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
2. A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
3. A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
4. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
5. An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
6. A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
7. One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
8. A lancet.

Verb

1. Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
2. Pierce with or as if with a lance.
3. Move suddenly and quickly

Verb

1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
2. To open with a lancet; to pierce.
3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
4. (informal) to steal or swipe

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lɑːns/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: launce

In summary

From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Sinonieme

spear

javelin

pike

harpoon

dart

🎯

lancet

gig

puncture

drill

fizgig

pierce

burst

incise

tap

fishgig

barge

impale

rush

bayonet

lancer

cut

bore

gun

🔫

prick

shaft

collet

gash

gaff

charge

gore

bolt

forge

fly by

fly

✈️

fling

buck

bear down

assegai

missile

launch

fish-fork

broach

lance corporal

lunge

jump

nosedive

open

operate

perforate

dissect