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    LANCE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisionsplay

    Synonyms:

    lance; lancet

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("lance" is a kind of...):

    surgical knife (a very sharp knife used in surgery)

    Derivation:

    lance (open by piercing with a lancet)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A long pointed rod used as a tool or weaponplay

    Synonyms:

    lance; shaft; spear

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("lance" is a kind of...):

    arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)

    Meronyms (parts of "lance"):

    barb (a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove)

    spear-point; spearhead; spearpoint (the head and sharpened point of a spear)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lance"):

    assagai; assegai (the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa)

    javelin (a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events)

    trident (a spear with three prongs)

    Derivation:

    lance (pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fishplay

    Synonyms:

    fishgig; fizgig; gig; lance; spear

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("lance" is a kind of...):

    implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lance"):

    harpoon (a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it)

    leister (a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon))

    Holonyms ("lance" is a member of...):

    fishing gear; fishing rig; fishing tackle; rig; tackle (gear used in fishing)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they lance  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it lances  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: lanced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: lanced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: lancing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Open by piercing with a lancetplay

    Example:

    lance a boil

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "lance" is one way to...):

    open; open up (cause to open or to become open)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    lance (a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fightplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "lance" is one way to...):

    pierce; thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    lance (a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Move quickly, as if by cutting one's wayplay

    Example:

    Planes lanced towards the shore

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "lance" is one way to...):

    go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    He was tall and straight as a lance, though of a great age, for his hair, which curled from under his velvet cap of maintenance, was as white as the new-fallen snow.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Lord Audley of Cheshire, the hero of Poictiers, and Loring of Hampshire, who was held to be the second lance in the army, were easily fixed upon.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    The tall and burly man is the Captal de Buch, whom I doubt not that you know, for a braver knight never laid lance in rest.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Bethink you that if a man have a destrier or a new lance he will ever try it in time of peace, lest in days of need it may fail him.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    For armor, swords, and lances, there was no need to take much forethought, for they were to be had both better and cheaper in Bordeaux than in England.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Behind were the little clump of steel-clad horsemen, their lances raised, with long pensils drooping down the oaken shafts.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Both were famous warriors, but as their exploits had been performed in widely sundered countries, they had never before been able to cross lances.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    No plume or nobloy fluttered from his plain tilting salade, and even his lance was devoid of the customary banderole.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    I have heard of it from one of the archers of the guard, cried a bowman from among the straw; I hear that the prince wished to break a lance, but that Chandos would not hear of it, for the game is likely to be a rough one.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Sir Hugh Calverley and Sir Robert Knolles had not yet returned from their raid into the marches of the Navarre, so that the English party were deprived of two of their most famous lances.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)


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