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lance

/læns/noun, verb1 syllable

Lance means: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.

Synonyms for lance6

noun, as in an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig

noun, as in a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

noun, as in a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

lancet

What does lance mean?6

noun

1

an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

2

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

3

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

verb

1

move quickly, as if by cutting one's way“Planes lanced towards the shore”

2

pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight

3

open by piercing with a lancet“lance a boil”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with lance?11

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Lance in a sentence

  • The knight had a blue pennon hanging from the end of his lance.mollydot
  • Passenger Lance Murray, please report to the nearest information desk.Lumi
  • The tongue wounds more than a lance.Dejo
  • I'm a free-lance writer in Japan.unknown
  • Claire spun back toward Loren and Lance.Wagner1994
  • Famous doper Lance Armstrong is claiming that trans women in sports have an unfair advantage.shekitten
  • Lance Armstrong dominated cycling while on steroids. No trans woman has ever dominated a women's sport.shekitten
  • Recently, American bicyclist Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France bicycle race for the seventh consecutive year.Cangarejo

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Forms of lance

as a noun

plural
lances

as a verb

past tense
lanced
present participle
lancing
third-person singular
lances
past participle
lanced