meaning of spike
1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
3. An ear of corn or grain.
4. A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
5. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
6. To set or furnish with spikes.
7. To fix on a spike.
8. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
9. Spike lavender. See Lavender.
10. sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater
">traction"
Related Words
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