1.  lance(n = noun.artifact) shaft, spear - a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon;
is a kind of arm, weapon, weapon system
has parts: barb, spear-point, spearhead, spearpoint
has particulars: assagai, assegai, javelin, trident
Derived form verb lance₂

2.  lance(n = noun.artifact) fishgig, fizgig, gig, spear - an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish;
is a kind of implement
is a member of fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, rig, tackle
has particulars: harpoon, leister

3.  lance(n = noun.artifact) lancet - a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions;
is a kind of surgical knife
Derived form verb lance₃

1.  lance(v = verb.motion) - move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

2.  lance(v = verb.contact) - pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight;
is one way to pierce, thrust
Derived form noun lance₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

3.  lance(v = verb.contact) - open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"
is one way to open, open up
Derived form noun lance₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. [1913 Webster]
"A braver soldier never couched lance." [1913 Webster]

2.  A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. [1913 Webster]

3.  A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. [1913 Webster]

4.  An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. [1913 Webster]

5.  One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. [1913 Webster]

6.  A lancet. [PJC]

1.  To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. [1913 Webster]
"Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced
Her back." [1913 Webster]

2.  To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess. [1913 Webster]

3.  To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch. [1913 Webster]

lance, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, used by a horseman in charging. b a similar weapon used for spearing a fish, killing a harpooned whale, etc.
2 a metal pipe supplying oxygen to burn metal.
3 = LANCER.
--v.tr.
1 Surgery prick or cut open with a lancet.
2 pierce with a lance.
3 poet. fling; launch.

Idiom:
break a lance (usu. foll. by for, with) argue. lance-bombardier a rank in the Royal Artillery corresponding to lance-corporal in the infantry. lance-corporal the lowest rank of NCO in the Army. lance-jack Brit. sl. a lance-corporal or lance-bombardier. lance-sergeant a corporal acting as sergeant. lance-snake = FER DE LANCE.

Etymology:
ME f. OF lancier f. L lancea: lance-corporal on analogy of obs. lancepesade lowest grade of NCO ult. f. It. lancia spezzata broken lance

N  arm, arms, weapon, deadly weapon, armament, armaments, armature, panoply, stand of arms, armor, armory, apparatus belli, ammunition, powder, powder and shot, cartridge, ball cartridge, cartouche, fireball, villainous saltpeter, dumdum bullet, explosive, gunpowder, guncotton, mercury fulminate, picrates, pentaerythritol tetranitrate, PETN, high explosive, trinitrotoluene, TNT, dynamite, melinite, cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique, pyroxyline, sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet, sword-bayonet, sword-stick, side arms, foil, blade, steel, ax, bill, pole-ax, battle-ax, gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife, ataghan, attaghan, yataghan, yatacban, assagai, assegai, good sword, trusty sword, naked sword, cold steel, club, mace, truncheon, staff, bludgeon, cudgel, life preserver, shillelah, sprig, hand staff, quarter staff, bat, cane, stick, knuckle duster, billy, blackjack, sandbag, waddy, gun, piece, firearms, artillery, ordnance, siege train, battering train, park, battery, cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk, falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu, petard, torpedo, mitrailleur, mitrailleuse, infernal machine, smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun, pompom, ten pounder, small arms, musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut, pistol, postolet, petronel, small bore, breach-loader, muzzle-loader, revolver, repeater, Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle, needle gun, chassepot, wind gun, air gun, automatic gun, automatic pistol, escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun- lock, hackbut, shooter, shooting iron, six-shooter, shotgun, Uzzi, assault rifle, Kalashnikov, bow, crossbow, balister, catapult, sling, battering ram, gunnery, ballistics, missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball, grape, grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot, balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket, bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket, congreve, congreve rocket, shrapnel, mitraille, levin bolt, levin brand, thunderbolt, pike, lance, spear, spontoon, javelin, dart, jereed, jerid, arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff, eelspear, oxgoad, weet-weet, wommerah, cattle prod, chemical mace, en flute, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam.

VB  open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge, fly open, perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill, mine, tunnel, transpierce, transfix, enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose, unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.

VB  propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.

free lance, lance corporal, lance fish, sand lance