metal spike
→
pike (fish)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 4400 | knife | → | pike (fish) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | broche | |
| Lexeme 2 | brochet | |
| Meaning 1 | spike, pin; (jewellery) brooch, pin; (cooking) spit, skewer(cookery) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pike (fish) | |
| Reference | Robert historique | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Middle English | |
| Lexeme | pike (pikke, peke, piche, pig) | |
| Meaning 1 | spike; a pointed tip or spike on a staff, pole, weapon, instrument of torture, etc.; a spike affixed to a door or wall; also, a spike used to tear or wound someone | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pike Esox lucius | |
| Reference | MED | |
| Comment | ||
after the pointed jaws