Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
lance verb
/lɑːnt s/
/lænt s/ v [T]
/lænt s/ v [T] to cut the skin with a sharp tool in order to release infected matter that has collected under it
She had a boil lanced at the doctor's this morning.
(Definition of lance verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
