Meaning Of Spike

n.

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
n.

Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
n.

An ear of corn or grain.
n.

A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
v. t.

To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
v. t.

To set or furnish with spikes.
v. t.

To fix on a spike.
v. t.

To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
n.

Spike lavender. See Lavender.