guide vs spear

guide

noun
  • A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel. 

  • Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain. 

  • A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery. 

  • A sign that guides people; guidepost. 

  • A spirit believed to speak through a medium. 

  • A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest. 

  • A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. 

  • Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference. 

verb
  • to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path. 

  • to act as a guide. 

  • to exert control or influence over someone or something. 

  • to supervise the education or training of someone. 

  • to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot. 

spear

noun
  • The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. 

  • An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player. 

  • A long, thin strip from a vegetable. 

  • The sprout of a plant, stalk 

  • In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection. 

  • A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 

  • A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish. 

  • A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion. 

  • A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman. 

  • The feather of a horse. 

verb
  • To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device. 

  • To pierce with a spear. 

  • To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet. 

  • To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do. 

adj
  • Pertaining to male family members. 

  • Male. 

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