Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spar

plural of spar

simple past tense and past participle of spar

present participle of spar

The act of one who spars.

(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. / (mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.

(obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar. / (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.

A rafter of a roof. / A thick pole or piece of wood. / (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door. / (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. / To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. / To contest in words; to wrangle.