noun Download 🔗Share The stalk or stem of a plant. Examples : "The sunflower's spire reached up towards the bright afternoon sun. " plant part biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A young shoot of a plant; a spear. Examples : "The young plant's spire poked through the cracked pavement. " plant agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc. Examples : "The farmer used the tall spires of marram grass to create a natural windbreak. " plant nature biology environment agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sharp or tapering point. Examples : "The church spire pointed sharply towards the sky. " architecture point building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. Examples : "The spire of the church rose high above the town." architecture building religion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. Examples : "The spire of the school's new building was visible from miles away. " architecture part building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting. Examples : "The demolition crew carefully placed the spire into the dynamite before triggering the controlled explosion to remove the old building. " technical military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate. Examples : "The tiny seed spired quickly after being planted in the garden soil. " plant agriculture biology seed process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally. Examples : "The young plant spired quickly, reaching for the sunlight. " nature plant architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To furnish with a spire. Examples : "The architect designed the new school building to spire the main hall with a tall, pointed roof. " architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To breathe. Examples : "The exhausted marathon runner could only spire shallowly after crossing the finish line. " physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil. Examples : "The snake's movements were slow and deliberate, each spire carefully placed as it slithered across the lawn. " animal body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A spiral. Examples : "The staircase had a beautiful spire, winding upward to the second floor. " architecture appearance building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. Examples : "The chalk dust spiraled upwards, with a tiny spire forming as the air currents finally dissipated it. " math part figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading