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- Dictionarylance/lɑːns/
noun
- 1. a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging: "the warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel"
- 2. a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.
verb
- 1. prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument: "abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre"
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LANCE definition: 1. a long, thin pole with a sharp point that soldiers used in the past as a weapon when riding…. Learn more.
The meaning of LANCE is a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry. How to use lance in a sentence.
noun. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging. a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
Definitions of lance. noun. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. synonyms: shaft, spear. see more. noun. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, spear. see more. noun. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions. synonyms: lancet.
a long weapon with a pointed head used by horsemen to unhorse or injure an opponent. 2. a similar weapon used for hunting, whaling, etc. 3. surgery another name for lancet. 4. the sand lance. See sand eel. verb (transitive) 5. to pierce (an abscess or boil) with a lancet to drain off pus. 6. to pierce with or as if with a lance.
1. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head used esp. by a knight as a weapon in charging. 2. lancer. 3. an implement resembling a lance, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale. 4. lancet (def. 1). v.t. 5. to open with or as if with a lancet. 6. to pierce with or as if with a lance.
Jun 14, 2024 · lance (third-person singular simple present lances, present participle lancing, simple past and past participle lanced) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back.
