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SPEAR UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spear up mean?
• SPEAR UP (verb)
The verb SPEAR UP has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SPEAR UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrust up like a spear
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
spear; spear up
Context example:
The branch speared up into the air
Hypernyms (to "spear up" is one way to...):
jut; jut out; project; protrude; stick out (extend out or project in space)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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