n.

1. The sharpened head of a spear.
2. 1. The leading forces in a military thrust.
   2. The driving force in a given action, endeavor, or movement.

tr.v., -head·ed, -head·ing, -heads.

To be the leader of (a movement, for example): “spearheaded the effort to offer classes in settlement houses [and] provide lecturers to women's clubs” (Catherine Clinton).

[Ar]

A pointed and sharp thrusting blade for mounting on the end of a long shaft for use as a weapon in hunting or warfare. Early examples in flint are usually leaf-shaped and seemingly mounted in a cleft in the spear shaft. Later examples in metal often have a socket cast into the blade so that the spear shaft can be firmly attached.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)

Meaning #2: the leading military unit in an attack

Meaning #3: the head and sharpened point of a spear
  Synonym: spearpoint

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The verb spearhead has one meaning:

Meaning #1: be the leader of

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - spydspids, spydblad, stødtropper
v. tr. - gå i spidsen for, være fortrop for

Nederlands (Dutch)
speerpunt, aanvoeren

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) fer de lance
v. tr. - mener (campagne)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Angriffsspitze, Speerspitze
v. - anführen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αιχμή δόρατος ή λόγχης, (μτφ.) προφυλακή
v. - είμαι επικεφαλής, ηγούμαι

Italiano (Italian)
avanguardia, ferro di lancia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ponta de lança (f), cabeça de grupo
v. - ser a força vital de lançamento

Русский (Russian)
наконечник копья, головной отряд, инициативная группа, зачинатель, событие, положившее начало чему-л., быть инициатором (чего-л.), возглавлять (что-л.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - vanguardia, punta de lanza
v. tr. - actuar como punta de lanza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spjutspets, förtrupp, ledare
v. - gå i spetsen för, bilda förtrupp

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
矛头, 枪尖, 先锋部队, 先锋, 当...的先锋, 带头, 为...扫清道路

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 矛頭, 槍尖, 先鋒部隊, 先鋒
v. tr. - 當...的先鋒, 帶頭, 為...掃清道路

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 창끝, 돌격대의 선봉, 공격 최전선
v. tr. - 선두에 서다, 선봉을 맡다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 槍の穂先, 先鋒
v. - 先頭に立つ, 一番槍をつとめる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رأس, ألرمح أو ألحربه, ألقوة ألرائدة أو ألمتقدمه في هجوم أو عمل (فعل) يتقدم كرأس, حربه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כיתת-חוד, ראש-מחץ, חלוץ, ראש חנית‬
v. tr. - ‮הוביל התקפה, נחלץ ראשון‬

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