spire

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Synonyms: spite, sire, spike, spare, spine, spirt, aspire, spile, spiry, shire, spice

Antonyms: spite, sire, spike, spare, spine, spirt, aspire, spile, spiry, shire, spice

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Noun

1. The stalk or stem of a plant. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
3. Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
4. A sharp or tapering point.
5. A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
   • The spire of the church rose high above the town.
6. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
7. A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.

Verb

1. to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
2. To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
3. To furnish with a spire.

Verb

1. To breathe.

Noun

1. One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
2. A spiral.
3. The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.

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