| NOUN | artifact | lance, spear, shaft | a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon |
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| artifact | lance, spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig | an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | |
| artifact | lance, lancet | a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade | |
| VERB | motion | lance | move quickly, as if by cutting one's way |
| contact | lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight | |
| contact | lance | open by piercing with a lancet |
| Sounds | lae'ns | |
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| Rhymes | advance ... trance: 20 rhymes with aens... | |
| Meaning | A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. | |
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| Synonyms | spear, shaft | |
| Parts | barb | A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove |
| spearhead, spearpoint, spear-point | The head and sharpened point of a spear | |
| Narrower | assegai, assagai | 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 | |
| Broader | weapon, arm, weapon system | Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting |
| Spanish | lancero, lanza | |
| Catalan | javelina, llança | |
| Verbs | lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight |
| Meaning | An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. | |
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| Synonyms | spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig | |
| Member of | fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig | gear used in fishing |
| Narrower | harpoon | A spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing |
| leister | A spear with three or more prongs | |
| Broader | implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
| Spanish | arpón | |
| Catalan | llança | |
| Meaning | A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions. | |
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| Synonym | lancet | |
| Broader | surgical knife | A very sharp knife used in surgery |
| Spanish | lanceta | |
| Catalan | llanceta | |
| Verbs | lance | open by piercing with a lancet |
| Meaning | Move quickly, as if by cutting one's way. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Planes lanced towards the shore" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Meaning | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
| Spanish | alancear, lancear | |
| Nouns | lance | a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon |
| Meaning | open by piercing with a lancet. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "lance a boil" | |
| Broader | open, open up | Cause to open or to become open |
| Nouns | lance | a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade |
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