spike

1. A sort of very large nail.

   Nagel, Spitze

   штырьštyrʹ, косты́льkostýlʹ, на́гельnágelʹ

   a large stout nail

2. A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.

   The trap was lined with spikes.

   a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

3. (broadly)Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

   Spitze, Stachel

   штырьštyrʹ, шпильšpilʹ, шипšip

4. An ear of corn or grain.

5. A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

   Ähre

   ко́лосkólos

   (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

6. (in the plural, informal)A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.

   шипо́вкиšipóvki

   sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

7. A sharp peak in a graph.

   Spitze, Nadel

   скачо́кskačók

   a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

8. A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.

9. The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.

   a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

10. A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.

11. An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

    Schmetterball

    ата́каatáka, атаку́ющий уда́рatakújuščij udár, напада́ющий уда́рnapadájuščij udár

12. An adolescent male deer.

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