While the ocean is wide, the trench may be far from continental sources of sediment and so may be deep. As continents approach each other, the trench can fill with continental sediments and become shallower.
Definition of blunt. 3a : abrupt in speech or manner She tends to be blunt. a blunt refusalb : being straight to the point : direct To be perfectly blunt, I don't think he can do it.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  spear(Noun) A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion. 2  spear(Noun) A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish. 3  spear(Noun) an illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.