lance

  • 51lance — sustantivo masculino 1) percance, ocurrencia, suceso, trance, ocasión, aventura, hazaña*. 2) suerte. Se utilizan en tauromaquia. 3) encuentro, riña, duelo …

    Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • 52lance — læns /lɑːns n. steel tipped wooden spear carried by knights and cavalry soldiers; sharp pointed tool which resembles a lance (i.e. harpoon) v. cut with a lancet, cut open with a scalpel; pierce with a lance …

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  • 53lance — noun 1》 a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging. 2》 a similar weapon used in hunting fish or whales. 3》 a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 54lance — /læns / (say lans), /lans / (say lahns) noun 1. a long, shafted weapon with a metal head, used by mounted soldiers in charging. 2. a soldier armed with this weapon. 3. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.… …

  • 55Lance — noun pet form of Lancelot or transferred use of the surname; by folk etymology associated with a lance …

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  • 56lance — verb Lance is used with these nouns as the object: ↑boil …

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  • 57lancé — balancé contrebalancé forlancé lancé relancé élancé …

    Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 58lance — lance1 [la:ns US læns] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin lancea] a long thin pointed weapon that was used in the past by soldiers riding on horses lance 2 lance2 v [T] to cut a small hole in someone s flesh with a sharp instrument… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 59lance — [[t]lɑ͟ːns, læ̱ns[/t]] lances, lancing, lanced 1) VERB: usu passive If a boil on someone s body is lanced, a small cut is made in it so that the liquid inside comes out. [MEDICAL] [have n V ed] It is a painful experience having the boil lanced.… …

    English dictionary

  • 60lance — «a, i (L). A lance …

    Dictionary of word roots and combining forms