lance meaning

Noun: lance  lãns

1. A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
   - spear, shaft 
2. An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
   - spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig 
3. A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
   - lancet

Verb: lance  lãns

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"

Derived forms: lances, lancing, lanced

Type of: arm, go, implement, locomote, move, open, open up, pierce, surgical knife, thrust, travel, weapon, weapon system

Part of: fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, rig, tackle

Encyclopedia: Lance Lance, Inc

[Medicine]
vt lanced; lanc·ing : to open with or as if with a lancet : make an incision in or into ‹lance a boil› ‹lance a vein›
n : LANCET

[Computer]
Local Area Network Controller for Ethernet.

The alternative name for the Am7990 integrated circuit used in a Filtabyte Ethernet controller card.

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1. it was in fact the spearpoint of the german lance.
2. he leveled a lance at him.
3. he has had his lance stuck up with a pennon, which streams in a strong east wind.
4. at last after mezentius had three times made the circuit, aeneas threw his lance directly at the horse's head.
5. lance : no one to cover your ass now, eh tommy