lance
/læns/noun, verb1 syllable
Lance means: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
Synonyms for lance6
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
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