keihästää — meaning in English

English meaning

• hook noun A curved piece of metal or other material used to catch, hold, or hang something.
• impale verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
• spear noun A weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharp point, used for thrusting or throwing.

Senses

keihästää is used for these senses in English:

• hook (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
• impale (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
• spear (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.

hook — full definition

1. noun A curved piece of metal or other material used to catch, hold, or hang something.
2. noun A catchy opening line or musical phrase designed to grab attention.
3. verb To catch, fasten, or connect with or as if with a hook.

impale — full definition

1. verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
2. verb Historically, to kill someone by driving a stake through their body.

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