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  Spire \Spire\, v. i. [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
     To breathe. [Obs.] --Shenstone.
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  Spire \Spire\, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young
     shoot, AS. sp[=i]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan.
     spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[=i]ra.]
     1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass
        or of wheat.
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              An oak cometh up a little spire.      --Chaucer.
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     2. 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. ``With glistering spires
        and pinnacles adorned.'' --Milton.
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              A spire of land that stand apart,
              Cleft from the main.                  --Tennyson.
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              Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells
              Just undulates upon the listening ear. --Cowper.
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     3. (Mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the
        chargen in blasting.
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     4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
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              The spire and top of praises.         --Shak.
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  Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
     spire.]
     1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
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     2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
        of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
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     Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.
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  Spire \Spire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Spiring.]
     To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. --Emerson.
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           It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
           more inclined to branch into arms.       --Mortimer.
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  Spire \Spire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Spiring.]
     To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. --Emerson.
  
           It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
           more inclined to branch into arms.       --Mortimer.

  Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
     spire.]
     1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
  
     2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
        of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
  
     Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.

  Spire \Spire\, v. i. [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
     To breathe. [Obs.] --Shenstone.

  Spire \Spire\, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young
     shoot, AS. sp[=i]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan.
     spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[=i]ra.]
     1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass
        or of wheat.
  
              An oak cometh up a little spire.      --Chaucer.
  
     2. 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. ``With glistering spires
        and pinnacles adorned.'' --Milton.
  
              A spire of land that stand apart, Cleft from the
              main.                                 --Tennyson.
  
              Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells
              Just undulates upon the listening ear. --Cowper.
  
     3. (Mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the
        chargen in blasting.
  
     4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
  
              The spire and top of praises.         --Shak.

  spire
       n : a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
           (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point
           at the top [syn: steeple]

  spire
     Γαλλικά n.
     η σπείρα

  'spire
     vb.
     (lb en informal dialectal)  (aphetic form of en inspire).

  spire
     Italian n.
     (plural of it spira)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm spere t=sphere  id= sphere)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (l en sprout)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     to (l en sprout)

  'spire
     vb.
     (lb en informal dialectal)  (aphetic form of en inspire).

  spire
     n.
     1 (lb en now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant. (from 10th c.)
     2 A young shoot of a plant; a spear. (from 14th c.)
     3 Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram,
  the reed canary-grass, etc.
     4 A sharp or tapering point. (from 16th c.)
     5 (lb en architectural element) A tapering structure built on a roof
  or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a
  church or cathedral roof. (from 16th c.)
     6 The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. (from 17th
  c.)
     7 (lb en mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge
  in blasting.
     vb.
     1 (lb en of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early
  shoots of growth; to germinate. (from 14th c.)
     2 To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally. (from 14th c.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To furnish with a spire.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive obsolete) To breathe.  14th 16th c.)
     n.
     1 One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
  (from 16th c.)
     2 A spiral. (from 17th c.)
     3 (lb en geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
  of the straight line about the pole.

  'spire
     vb.
     (lb en informal dialectal)  (aphetic form of en inspire).

  spire
     Italian n.
     (plural of it spira)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm spere t=sphere  id= sphere)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (l en sprout)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     to (l en sprout)

  'spire
     vb.
     (lb en informal dialectal)  (aphetic form of en inspire).

  spire
     Italian n.
     (plural of it spira)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm spere t=sphere  id= sphere)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (l en sprout)
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     to (l en sprout)

  spire
     Englanti n.
     1 kärki, huippu
     2 (yhteys arkkitehtuuri k=en) spiira; suippotorni

  spire
     Engelska n.
     (tagg arkitektur språk=en) spira

  Spire /spˈaɪə/
  البرج المدبّب

  spire //spaɪə// //ˈspaɪ.ə// //ˈspaɪ.ɚ// 
  1. шпил
  tapering architectural structure
  2. връх, пик
  top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit

  spire /spˈaɪə/ 
  špička věže

  spire /spˈaɪə/ 
  věž (špičatá)
  

  spire /spˈaɪə/
  Turmspitze , Turmhelm  [arch.]
   see: spires, church spire, openwork spire
  

  spire /spˈaɪə/
  Gewinde 
           Note: Fossilien
           Note: of fossils

  spire //spaɪə// //ˈspaɪ.ə// //ˈspaɪ.ɚ// 
  1. suippotorni, torni
  tapering architectural structure
  2. huippu, kärki
  top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit

  spire /spˈaɪə/ 
  1. शिखर
        "The spires of USA are known for their heights."

  spire /spˈaɪə/
  igla, izdanak, mladica, spirala, toranj, uvojak, vrh, zavojnica, šiljak

  spire /spˈaɪə/
  1. orom
  2. templomtorony

  spire //spaɪə// //ˈspaɪ.ə// //ˈspaɪ.ɚ// 
  尖塔
  tapering architectural structure

  spire /ˈspaɪə/ 
    iglica

  spire //spaɪə// //ˈspaɪ.ə// //ˈspaɪ.ɚ// 
  spira, tornspira
  tapering architectural structure

  spire /spˈaɪə/
  1. ince uzun ot sapı
  2. kulenin sivri tepesi
  3. uzun ve ince sap sürmek
  4. sivri kule gibi yükselmek.

  spire /spˈaɪə/
  1. helezon, helis
  2. helezoni kabuğun sivri ucu.

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Шпайер

  spire /spiʁ/ 
  нави́вка 2.
  Circuit électrique
   3.
  Un seul tour d'un circuit
   4.
  le tour d'une spirale

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Speyer

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Speyer

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Spira

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  シュパイアー

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Spira

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Spira

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Speyer

  spire /spiʁ/ 
  espira
  le tour d'une spirale

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Шпейер

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Espira

  Spire /spiʁ/ 
  Speyer

  spire
  spire

  
/ˈspaɪɹ/

  
/ˈspiːɾə/

  200 Moby Thesaurus words for "spire":
     acme, antenna tower, anthrophore, apex, apogee, arise, ascend,
     aspire, axis, barbican, become airborne, belfry, bell tower, blade,
     bole, bract, bracteole, bractlet, brow, buss the clouds, campanile,
     cane, cap, carpophore, caudex, caulicle, caulis, claw skyward,
     climax, cloud nine, cog, colossus, column, comb, come up,
     cotyledon, crag, crest, crown, culm, culmen, culmination, cupola,
     curl upwards, derrick, dome, edge, extreme limit, extremity, fang,
     fire tower, flag, float, floral leaf, fly, fly aloft, foliole,
     footstalk, frond, funicule, funiculus, gain altitude, glume, go up,
     grow up, hang, harrow, haulm, heaven, heavens, height, high noon,
     highest pitch, highest point, hover, involucre, involucrum, jag,
     kite, lamina, lantern, leaf, leaflet, leafstalk, leave the ground,
     lemma, levitate, lighthouse, ligule, limit, loom, martello,
     martello tower, mast, maximum, meridian, minaret, monument, mount,
     mountaintop, ne plus ultra, needle, no place higher, noon, obelisk,
     observation tower, pagoda, peak, pecten, pedicel, peduncle, petal,
     petiole, petiolule, petiolus, pilaster, pile, pillar, pine needle,
     pinnacle, pitch, plane, point, poise, pole, projection, pylon,
     pyramid, rake, ratchet, rear, rear up, reed, ridge, rise, rise up,
     sawtooth, seed leaf, seedstalk, sepal, seventh heaven, shaft, sky,
     skyscraper, snag, snaggle, soar, spathe, spear, spiral, sprocket,
     spur, stalk, stand on tiptoe, stand up, standpipe, steeple, stem,
     stipe, stipula, stipule, stock, straw, stupa, summit, surge,
     swarm up, sweep up, take off, television mast, tigella, tip,
     tip-top, tooth, top, tope, tour, tower, trunk, turret, up, upgo,
     upgrow, upheave, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, uprise,
     upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upwind, utmost, vertex,
     very top, water tower, windmill tower, zenith, zoom
  
  

  n. 尖塔,尖顶,旋涡;
  v. 突出,耸立;

     n. 尖塔,尖顶,旋涡,螺旋
     vi. 突出,耸立,螺旋形上升
     vt. 给…加塔尖