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Definitions for Lance

[1] a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
[2] a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer.
[3] an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
[4] (initial capital letter ) Military . a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 miles (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead.
[5] a lancet.
[6] oxygen lance.
[7] Machinery . a tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam. a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat.
[8] to open with or as if with a lancet.
[9] to pierce with a lance.
[10] to cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance.
[11] sand lance.
[12] a male given name.
[13] a long weapon with a pointed head used by horsemen to unhorse or injure an opponent
[14] a similar weapon used for hunting, whaling, etc
[15] surgery another name for lancet
[16] the sand lance See sand eel
[17] to pierce (an abscess or boil) with a lancet to drain off pus
[18] to pierce with or as if with a lance

Words related to Lance

gash, slice, prick, slash, incise, slit, cut, stab, gore, puncture, penetrate, bore

Words nearby Lance

lancashire chair, lancashire heeler, lancaster, lancaster sound, lancastrian, lance, lance corporal, lance of courtesy, lance rest, lance sergeant, lancefield classification

Origin of Lance

2perhaps special use of lance1, from its shape

Other words from Lance

lance·like , adjective
un·lanced , adjective

Word origin for Lance

C13 launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea

Synonyms for Lance

bore, cut, gash, gore, incise, penetrate, prick, puncture, slash, slice, slit, stab, cut into, stick into