The Meaning of spire

• (v. i.) To breathe.
• (n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
• (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.
• (n.) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
• (n.) The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
• (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
• (n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
• (n.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.

Synonyms

steeple

Rhymes

admire , afire , alkire , aspire , backfire , beijer , berkshire , biedermeier , crossfire , devonshire , dire , dwire , eir , esquire , expire , fire , frymire , gire , glenayre , guire , gunfire , gyr , haywire , hellfire , hire , hyre , inquire , inspire , ire , izaguirre , lancashire , lyre , maguire , martyre , mcguire , mcintire , mcquire , mire , myre , perspire , quire , reacquire , require , retire , safire , schreyer , scire , shire , shropshire , skier , smyre , squire , tyre , untermeyer , whitmire , wiltshire , wire , wyre