to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick or thrust something sharp into something or someone.
串で肉を刺して焼いた。
I skewered the meat and grilled it.
犯人は被害者の胸を刃物で刺した。
The criminal stabbed the victim in the chest with a knife.
針で指をうっかり刺してしまった。
I accidentally pricked my finger with a needle.
to sting or to bite (as insects or animals do); to be stung/bitten.
外で遊んでいたら蜂に刺された。
I was stung by a bee while playing outside.
蚊に刺された跡がかゆい。
The mosquito bites are itchy.
to sew, stitch, or embroider (to make patterns on cloth by inserting a needle).
彼女はテーブルクロスに花の模様を刺した。
She embroidered a floral pattern on the tablecloth.
針で布を刺してボタンを付けた。
I sewed on the button by piercing the fabric with a needle.
to pole a boat (to push a boat forward by thrusting a pole against the bottom).
船頭は長い竿で川底を刺して舟を進めた。
The boatman pushed the boat forward by poling the riverbed with a long pole.
to catch (with a limed pole) or to impale/capture something using a pointed implement (an older/traditional capture method).
古い漁具で魚を刺して捕ることがある。
There are cases where fish are caught by spearing them with old fishing gear.
(baseball) to put a runner out; to pick off a runner (to throw/tag and get a runner out).
キャッチャーの正確な送球で走者を刺した。
The catcher’s accurate throw picked off the runner.
試合でピッチャーが牽制から走者を刺した場面があった。
In the game, there was a play where the pitcher picked off a runner with a pick-off move.