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Lance
lɑːn(t)s
Lance definitions
noun
lance
lances
- a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging
"the warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel"
- a weapon resembling a lance used in hunting fish or whales
- a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting
- a rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid
verb
lance
lanced
lances
lancing
- prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument
"abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre"
- pierce with or as if with a lance
"the teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter"
- move suddenly and quickly
"he lanced through Harlequins' midfield to score Swansea's lone try"
- throw; hurl
"he affirms to have lanced darts at the sun"