Associations to the word «Spearhead»

Wiktionary

SPEARHEAD, noun. The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
SPEARHEAD, noun. One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
SPEARHEAD, noun. The leading military unit in an attack.
SPEARHEAD, noun. (sports) A player who initiates attacking moves.
SPEARHEAD, verb. (transitive) To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.

Dictionary definition

SPEARHEAD, noun. Someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.).
SPEARHEAD, noun. The leading military unit in an attack.
SPEARHEAD, noun. The head and sharpened point of a spear.
SPEARHEAD, verb. Be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne