Definition of "spar"

spar¹

/spɑː/

noun
plural spars
1. A rafter of a roof.
2. A thick pole or piece of wood.
3. (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
  Quotations
  The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].
  1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
4. (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
5. (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
verb
third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred
1. (obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar.
  Quotations
  The church dores were sparred,Fast boltyd and barryd,Yet wyth a prety gynI fortuned to come in, […]
  c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, page 64, lines 91–94
2. (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

spar²

/spɑː/

verb
third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred
1. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
  Quotations
  After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.
  2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC‎
2. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
3. To contest in words; to wrangle.
noun
plural spars
1. A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
2. (MLE) A friend, a mate, a pal.
  Quotations
  KLASHNEKOFF: I take two glass then pass the spliff to my spars.
  2002, “No Escape” (track 23), in It's All Happening Now‎, performed by Lewis Parker (musician), Klashnekoff, and Skriblah Dan Gogh
  'Ello clart! How are you doin' spar? Let's have a look at your mobile phone there, that's fuckin' posh, innit? […] that's fuckin' safe, spar!
  2003, “Soap Bar”, in The Manifesto‎, performed by Goldie Looking Chain
  I don't care if you got friends in your car. Light up your whip and all of your spars.
  2009 March 17, “Next Hype” (track 3), in All-Star Pars‎, performed by Tempa T
  Trying to explain to my spars how it is over a spliff. Arguing, cause the media got 'em locked under their lids.
  2014 September 12, “September 12th”‎performed by S.Kalibre

spar³

/spɑː/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural spars
1. (mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
2. (mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.

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