sire

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The sire was brought to the pasture to impregnate the cows.

noun

The definition of a sire is a term for figure of authority, or a father of a four-legged animal.
An example of a sire is a king.

verb

To sire is to impregnate a female animal.
An example of sire is for a blue-ribbon horse to be the father of a baby horse.

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sire

1. Archaic a person of authority; man of high rank
2. [S-] 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

Origin of sire

Middle English from OFr, a master from Classical Latin senior: see senior

transitive verb

sired, sir′ing

to beget: said esp. of animals

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sire

noun

A biological father.
a. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
b. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.
Archaic A male ancestor; a forefather.
Archaic A gentleman of rank.
Archaic Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king.

transitive verb

sired, sir·ing, sires

To be the biological father of (a child).
To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction: the boar that sired the litter; pollen grains siring seeds.

Origin of sire

Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin seior from Latin senior older comparative of senex old ; see sen- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural sires)

A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present sires, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)

Of a male: to procreate; to father, beget.

Anagrams

Eris, ires, reis, rise, Seri, SIer

Origin

Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex

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sire - Medical Definition

n.

A biological father.
1. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
2. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

v.

sired siring sires

To be the biological father of a child.
To be the male individual or gamete producing an animal's offspring or a plant's seed through sexual reproduction: the boar that sired the litter; pollen grains siring seeds.