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1. (n.) spire
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
2. spire
a similar construction forming the upper part of a steeple. See illus. at steeple.
3. spire
a tall, sharp-pointed summit, peak, or the like.
4. spire
the highest point or summit.
5. spire
a sprout or shoot of a plant.
6. (v.i.) spire
to shoot or rise into spirelike form.
7. (n.) spire
a coil or spiral.
8. spire
one of the series of convolutions of a spiral.
9. spire
Zool. the upper, convoluted part of a spiral shell, above the aperture.
Etymology: (1565–75; < L spīra < Gk speîra; see spiral)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) steeple, spire
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
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1. (noun) Spire
a slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat
2. (noun) Spire
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
3. (noun) Spire
a tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting
4. (noun) Spire
the top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit
5. (noun) Spire
a spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist
6. (noun) Spire
the part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n
7. (verb) Spire
to breathe
8. (verb) Spire
to shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire
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Sense: a tall, pointed tower, especially one built on the roof of a church.
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 Afrikaans: toringdak |
 Arabic: قِمَّه مُسْتَدِقَّه |
 Bulgarian: заострен връх |
 Brazilian: flecha |
 Czech: štíhlá věž |
 German: die Spitze |
 Danish: spir |
 Greek: πυραμιδοειδής κορυφή πύργ |
 Spanish: aguja |
 Estonian: (kiriku)torn |
 Farsi: تارك برج كليسا |
 Finnish: torni |
 French: flèche |
 Hebrew: צִרִיח כְּנֵסִייָה |
 Hindi: मीनार, शिखर |
 Croatian: šiljasti toranj, zvonik |
 Hungarian: csúcs |
 Indonesian: menara |
 Icelandic: (turn)spíra |
 Italian: guglia |
 Japanese: 尖塔 |
 Korean: 첨탑 |
 Lithuanian: špilis, smailė |
 Latvian: smaile; tornis |
 Malay: puncak menara |
 Dutch: torenspits |
 Norwegian: spir, kirketårn |
 Polish: iglica |
 Persian: تارك برج كليسا |
 Pashto: صلیب |
 Portuguese: flecha |
 Romanian: vârf (ascuţit) de clopot |
 Russian: шпиль |
 Slovak: štíhla veža |
 Slovenian: koničast vrh zvonika |
 Serbian: zvonik |
 Swedish: [torn]spira |
 Thai: ยอดแหลมของตึก |
 Turkish: sivri kule |
 Taiwanese: 塔尖 |
 Ukrainian: шпиль; вістря |
 Urdu: مخروطی، اہرامی شکل، خصوصا |
 Vietnamese: tháp hình chóp, ngọn tháp |
 Chinese: 塔尖 |
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