Pike
31pike — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīc pickax Date: 13th century 1. pikestaff 1 2. a sharp point or spike; also the tip of a spear • piked adjective II. noun Ety …
32pike — pike1 noun (plural same) a long bodied predatory freshwater fish with long teeth. [Esox lucius and related species.] ↘used in names of similar predatory fish, e.g. garpike. Origin ME: from pike2 (because of the fish s pointed jaw). pike2 noun 1》… …
33pike — I UK [paɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms pike : singular pike plural pikes or pike 1) a fish that lives in rivers and lakes and eats other fish 2) a weapon used in the past, consisting of a long pole with a blade at one end II UK [paɪk] / US… …
34pike — I. /paɪk / (say puyk) noun (plural pike or pikes) 1. → sea pike. 2. any of various large, slender, fierce, voracious freshwater fishes of the Northern Hemisphere, of the genus Esox, having a long snout, especially the northern pike, E. lucius. 3 …
35pike — 1. noun a) A very long thrusting spear used two handed by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter measure against cavalry assaults. The pike is not intended to be thrown. Each had a small ax in the foreangle of his… …
36pike — [[t]pa͟ɪk[/t]] pikes (The form pike can be used as the plural for meaning 1.) 1) N VAR A pike is a large fish that lives in rivers and lakes and eats other fish. N UNCOUNT Pike is this fish eaten as food. 2) N COUNT In former times, a pike was a… …
37pike — English has two pikes now in common usage, which are probably ultimately the same word. Pike ‘spear’ [OE] goes back to an Old English pīc ‘pointed object’, which is closely related to English peak and pick ‘sharp implement’. It had various… …
38Pike — *1. Eine Pike auf jemand haben. – Eichwald, 1504; Eiselein, 512; Braun, I, 3320. In der Schweiz: Er het en Biggen uf en. (Sutermeister, 78.) Holl.: Hij heeft een pik op hem. (Harrebomée, II, 184a.) *2. Man muss von der Pike auf gedient haben. –… …
39pike — English has two pikes now in common usage, which are probably ultimately the same word. Pike ‘spear’ [OE] goes back to an Old English pīc ‘pointed object’, which is closely related to English peak and pick ‘sharp implement’. It had various… …
40pike — 1. n. (pl. same) 1 a large voracious freshwater fish, Esox lucius, with a long narrow snout and sharp teeth. 2 any other fish of the family Esocidae. Phrases and idioms: pike perch any of various pikelike perches of the genus Lucioperca or… …
