sire
sire
Definition
sire (sīr)
noun
- Archaic a person of authority; man of high rank
- a title of respect used in addressing a king, equivalent to “your majesty”
- Old Poet. a father or forefather
- the male parent of an animal, esp. of a four-legged mammal
Etymology: ME < OFr, a master < L senior: see senior
transitive verb sired, sir′·ing
to beget: said esp. of animals
sire
Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Object
- gimmer: The first lot was a Milnbank Episode sired gimmer, out of a Courthill Valais ewe.
- heifer: The second top price was £ 780 again for a heifer sired by Formation.
- ewe: Leading the sale at 750gns was a two shear ewe sired by Stockton Dominator and out of a Bridgestone Hercules ewe.
- calf: It also allows the farmer to choose from a variety of breeds to sire the calves.
- lamb: Three days later at the Royal Bath and West Winter Fair, two three-quarter ewe lambs sired by Aladin won the supreme champion pair.
- bull: Who also paid 1,400gns for Parton Handyman an April 2002 bull sired by Park William from Messrs Hewson, Parton Farm, Wigton.
Converse of object
- cross: Its main use is as a crossing sire, to produce good quality beef calves out of dairy cows.
Subject
- bull: We can also provide lists of all female groups sired by individual bulls within each herd.
Adjective modifier
- proven: Leicester is a a proven sire, throwing kittens with wild faces.
- terminal: Dorset Horn rams are terminal sires in flocks using natural ' frequent lambing ' to achieve year-round production of top quality fattened lambs.
- leading: In many European countries, the leading sire may account for up to 25 % of pedigree inseminations in some breeds.
- successful: A horse's breeding can attract interest from buyers, so it may be worth mentioning a famous or successful sire.
Modifies a noun
- stat: There could be sire stats which thwart the winner.
- rating: The sire rating of Windy Prospect is a bit worrying.
Noun used with modifier
- broodmare: If you were looking at young mares by as yet unproven broodmare sires, what would you go for?
- terminal: The Dorset Down is an ideal terminal sire, producing solid, meaty, early maturing lambs.
- herd: The next price to follow was 2,700gns for Cracrop Tradesman, a June 2003 Limousin son of the senior herd stock sire Redrock Orlando.
Preposition: of
- winner: Sires of many championship show winners and Crufts qualifiers.
Preposition: by
sire Quotes
Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field, Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield!
He died, Who was the Sire of an immortal strain, Blind, old and lonely.
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