Sire Definition

sīr
sired, sires, siring
noun
sires
A biological father.
American Heritage Medicine
The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.
American Heritage Medicine
A person of authority; man of high rank.
Webster's New World
The male parent of an animal, esp. of a four-legged mammal.
Webster's New World
A father or forefather.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
fatherforefathertitlespawnprocreatorpaterparentlordcreatorbreedbegetterbegetancestoralarmgenerator
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verb
sired, sires, siring
To beget.
Webster's New World
To be the biological father of (a child).
American Heritage
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.
American Heritage
To be the biological father of a child.
American Heritage Medicine
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.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
bring forthgeneratemotherfatherengendergetbegetspawnproduceprocreateparentoriginatemakehatchcreate
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Other Word Forms of Sire

Noun

Singular:
sire
Plural:
sires

Origin of Sire

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Sire Sentence Examples

  • He was the sire of, among other horses, Blaze (1733) and Snip (1736).

  • Amongst the domestic animals are the buffalo, the Syrian camel, and a mule camel, bred from a Bactrian sire and Syrian mother.

  • The family was of great antiquity, a Jean, sire d'Aumont, having accompanied Louis IX.

  • Manganese when mated with Rataplan threw Mandragora, dam of Apology, winner of the Oaks and St Leger, whose sire wasAdventurer, son of Newminster.

  • In considering telegony it should perhaps be mentioned that some breeders not only believe the dam is liable to be "infected" by the sire, but also that the sire may acquire some of the characteristics of his mates.

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Words Starting With

SSISIR

Words Ending With

EREIRE

Unscrambles

sire

Words Starting With S and Ending With E

Starts With S & Ends With EStarts With SI & Ends With EStarts With S & Ends With RE

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With S4 Letter Words Ending With E