lance L₁A₁N₁C₃E₁

Noun 4 meanings

1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.

2. A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.

3. A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

4. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

Verb 4 meanings

1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

2. To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce.

   “to lance a vein or an abscess”

3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

4. To steal or swipe.

   “He lanced my drink and spiked it!”

• SINCE₇
• ONCE₆
• EXPERIENCE₂₁
• CHANCE₁₃
• PERFORMANCE₂₀
• EVIDENCE₁₄
• SCIENCE₁₁
• CONFERENCE₁₇
• DIFFERENCE₁₉
• INSURANCE₁₁
• DANCE₈
• DISTANCE₁₁

• DANCE₈
• NANCE₇
• RANCE₇
• LANDE₆
• HANCE₁₀
• PANCE₉
• LANCH₁₀