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The Meaning of sire

  • (n.) A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.
  • (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
  • (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
  • (n.) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
  • (n.) The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
  • (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

Synonyms

father , forefather , founding father , founder , beginner , don , begetter , male parent , take , cause , make , mystify , experience , develop , draw , have , become , sustain , receive , scram , amaze , stimulate , drive , engender , go , fix , pay back , get under one's skin , stick , suffer , spawn , beat , return , set about , get down , fuck off , incur , contract , bring forth , grow , dumbfound , fuss , start , arrest , fetch , give , bring , bewilder , mother , induce , buzz off , catch , let , obtain , beget , puzzle , flummox , get , generate , breed , capture , find , baffle , produce , start out , pose , vex , aim , perplex , stupefy , gravel , begin , render , commence , arrive , set out , convey , acquire , come , pay off , bugger off , overprotect , yield , nonplus

Rhymes

acquire , amplifier , attire , ayer , beier , bleier , bonfire , breier , briar , brier , bryer , buyer , byer , campfire , cease-fire , ceasefire , choir , conspire , crier , desire , dire , dreier , drier , dryer , dubilier , dwyer , dyar , dyer , emulsifier , enquire , entire , eyer , fire , flier , flyer , friar , frier , fryar , fryer , geier , grier , guier , gunfire , guyer , heier , highflier , hire , humidifier , hyer , identifier , iyer , kleier , klier , krier , kyer , leier , liar , magnifier , mctier , meyer , mier , mire , misfire , multiplier , myer , neier , occupier , odwyer , pacifier , plier , plyer , prier , prior , pryer , pryor , purifier , pyre , quagmire , qualifier , rectifier , require , retire , rewire , satire , scheier , schier , schneier , schnier , schreier , schrier , schryer , shier , speier , spier , squier , staffordshire , steier , stier , styer , supplier , swier , tire , transpire , trier , tyer , umpire , viar , wildfire , wire , wrier , wyer , yzaguirre