sire

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Mind: "No sire, that right now would be procrastination!

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Quick take

a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sire gathered in one view.

noun

a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

noun

the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"

noun

male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sire.

noun

a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

noun

the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"

noun

male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

verb

make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

See also: beget, get, engender, father, mother, generate

Example sentences

Mind: "No sire, that right now would be procrastination!

In fact, men are given the message that having a good paycheck is the thing that entitles them to get married and sire children.

It's been known since antiquity that sometimes geniuses sire idiots.

I had a similar experience recently, watched 2 guys stealing a bike, while one of them held the cable lock the other cut it with sire cutters, all the while assuring his mate that no-one would get involved.

And, as you are all akin, though for the most part you will breed after your kinds, it may sometimes happen that a golden father would beget a silver son, and that a golden offspring would come from a silver sire, and that the rest would, in like manner, be born of one another.

And that there the Rams being grown in years, are very strong and lustful, and so often times meet with Goats, do run over them, and that the young ones which wild Rams beget of tame Sheep, are color like the sire, and so is their breed after them; and the wool of the first breed is shaggy, but in their after-breed soft and tender.