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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
spearing en · NOUN · etymology 1
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The stabbing of something with a spear.
These spearings were not related to livestock killed but to young boys trying to prove their bravery.
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spearing en · VERB · etymology 1
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of spear
spearing en · NOUN · etymology 2
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An Atlantic silverside, a fish of species Menidia menidia.
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