1syllable
spire
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Definitions ofspire
1noun
- The stalk or stem of a plant.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- A sharp or tapering point.
- A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
Example: "The spire of the church rose high above the town."
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
1verb
- (of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
- To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
- To furnish with a spire.
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