lance

  • 41lance — s m I. Acto de lanzar alguna cosa, especialmente las redes para pescar o una pelota en un juego; lanzamiento: Hacía el lance de pie, pero la lancha casi no se movía II. 1 (Tauro) Cada una de las suertes, considerada aisladamente: los primeros… …

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  • 42lance — [13] Lance is now a fairly widespread word throughout the European languages: German has lanze, for instance, Swedish lans, Italian lancia, and Spanish lanza. English acquired the word from Old French lance, which in turn came from Latin lancea,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 43lance — I UK [lɑːns] / US [læns] noun [countable] Word forms lance : singular lance plural lances a very long thin pointed weapon used in the past by soldiers on horses II UK [lɑːns] / US [læns] verb Word forms lance : present tense I/you/we/they lance… …

    English dictionary

  • 44lance — [13] Lance is now a fairly widespread word throughout the European languages: German has lanze, for instance, Swedish lans, Italian lancia, and Spanish lanza. English acquired the word from Old French lance, which in turn came from Latin lancea,… …

    Word origins

  • 45lance — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin lancea Date: 14th century 1. a steel tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry 2. any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: as a. lancet b. a spear used for …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 46lance — ambulance balance bienveillance brillance brochet lance contrebalance dissemblance défaillance free lance freelance invraisemblance lance malveillance microbalance nonchalance pharmacovigilance pétulance relance ressemblance rutilance… …

    Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 47lance — lance1 [ læns ] noun count a very long thin pointed weapon used in the past by soldiers on horses lance lance 2 [ læns ] verb 1. ) transitive to cut an infected part of someone s skin in order to remove PUS (=yellow liquid under the skin): lance… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 48lance — [[t]læns, lɑns[/t]] n. v. lanced, lanc•ing 1) mil a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head used esp. by a knight as a weapon in charging 2) mil lancer 3) mil an implement resembling a lance, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale 4) lancet …

    From formal English to slang

  • 49Lance! — Le quotidien Lance! est l un des principaux journaux sportifs brésiliens. Il fut lancé le 26 octobre 1997. Son siège se situe à Rio de Janeiro. Le 29 janvier 2006, le journal publia son 3000e numéro. Il comporte aujourd hui trois rédactions,… …

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  • 50lance — n. to throw a lance * * * [lɑːns] to throw a lance …

    Combinatory dictionary