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