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