[
UK
/lˈɑːns/
]
[ US /ˈɫæns/ ]
[ US /ˈɫæns/ ]
VERB
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move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
Planes lanced towards the shore - pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
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open by piercing with a lancet
lance a boil
NOUN
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
How To Use lance In A Sentence
- The final section of the traverse was a bit of a challenge: delicate, balancey moves with next to nothing for hands or feet.
- They 100 engage more in a dialogue that involves planning and equitable exchanges or balances of advantage.
- Our economy is unbalanced, money is in excess supply, and its circulation is completely divorced from the circulation of goods. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy
- Striking that balance between old and new will always be difficult, but after a few numbers here, memories of their old bandmaster begin to fade.
- Frankly I don't understand why most companies don't follow the same policy as franked income in the hands of shareholders is worth a lot more to them than huge piles of franking credits mouldering away in the company's balance sheet.
- The framework of the balanced constitution and mixed government was broadly accepted by political theorists and practising politicians alike. Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century
- Each patrol day ends with uniforms soaked in sweat, and the soil of the deadland is powder under the hoofs of the patrol mounts, rising and infiltrating boots and uniforms, and leaving every lancer's skin dry and itchy from salt and sweat and dust. The Magi'i Of Cyador
- Except for the fact that his hair was a solid black, the thin, slight boy of about fifteen or sixteen bore an uncanny resemblance to Kunihiko.
- Some banks charge if you access your account to determine your balance.
- Targeting pod-equipped aircraft can make pre-raid surveillance videos, check for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), track targets such as gunmen or vehicles, and send information to ground units.