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nounmaking the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
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nounany of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavabletype of:
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nouna stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
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verbbox lightlytype of:
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"They were sparring all night"verbfight verbally
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"the gamecocks were sparring"verbfight with spurs
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verbfurnish with spars
Definition that contains spar
- lysander Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
- martingale spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
- shadowboxing sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training)
- scrubby sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
- new world sparrow sparrow-like North American finches
- scrabbly sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
- false foxglove sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
- abstemious sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
- ibero-mesornis sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
- dolphin striker spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat