[
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
-
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.
- 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
- They 100 engage more in a dialogue that involves planning and equitable exchanges or balances of advantage.
- 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
- 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.
- The Bank dishonoured a number of cheques drawn by its client and sent a fax contending that his debit balance was in excess of his facility.