dictionary definitions for "spearhead"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  spearhead
      n 1: someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or
           campaign etc.)
      2: the leading military unit in an attack
      3: the head and sharpened point of a spear [syn: spearpoint,
         spear-point]
      v : be the leader of; "She spearheded the effort to find a cure
          for the disease"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spearhead \Spear"head`\, n.
     The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
     [1913 Webster]


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