(a) To pierce (sb.), wound (with a spear); strike (sb. or sth.), slash (with a sword); cut off (sth.); thrust, penetrate; ~ thurgh (out, run (sb. or sth.) through; ~ hond to (unto), thrust the hand to or towards (sth.); (b) to throw (sb. or sth.), launch (a weapon, etc.); ~ led, heave or cast the lead; (c) ~ (out) bot, to lower or launch a boat; (d) med. to lance (an abscess or swelling); also fig.

(a) To leap, spring, bound; rush, charge, hasten; of a horse: jump, rear, gallop; ~ in (into), plunge into (water); of mussels: plunge into (the stomach); (b) of flame, light, lightning: to leap, shoot, dart; (c) of a flower, branch, or plant: spring, shoot; also fig.