Lance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|læns|
Brit.
|lɑːns|
noun
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon (syn: shaft, spear)
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish (syn: fizgig, gig, spear)
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions (syn: lancet)
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish (syn: fizgig, gig, spear)
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions (syn: lancet)
verb
- move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- open by piercing with a lancet
Planes lanced towards the shore
- pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight- open by piercing with a lancet
lance a boil
Extra examples
...the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse...
He had the boil on his arm lanced.
...doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean...
Suddenly he lanced a horrid shriek.
Planes lanced towards the shore
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: lance
he/she/it: lances
present participle: lancing
past tense: lanced
past participle: lanced
I/you/we/they: lance
he/she/it: lances
present participle: lancing
past tense: lanced
past participle: lanced
noun
singular: lance
plural: lances
singular: lance
plural: lances
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