Definition of "lance" in Anglais

noun

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. (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

4. (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

5. (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

6. (metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

7. (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

8. (medicine) A lancet.

verb

1. (medicine) Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.

2. Pierce with or as if with a lance.

3. Move suddenly and quickly

verb

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

2. To open with a lancet; to pierce.

   • to lance a vein or an abscess

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

4. (informal) to steal or swipe

   • He lanced my drink and spiked it!