Definition of spire Spire

/spajˈɹ/ - [spayr] - spire

We found 21 definitions of spire from 6 different sources.

What does spire mean?

Noun
spire - a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
		steeple
		tower a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
		church service, church a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church"

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spire (Noun)
A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
spire (Noun)
A sharp or tapering point.
spire (Noun)
A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
spire (Noun)
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
spire (Noun)
One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
spire (Noun)
A spiral.
spire (Noun)
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
spire (Verb)
Of a seed, plant etc. : to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
spire (Verb)
To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.

spire (v. i.)
To breathe.
spire (n.)
A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
spire (n.)
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.
spire (n.)
A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
spire (n.)
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
spire (v. i.)
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
spire (n.)
A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
spire (n.)
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.

spire
Architectural element in the shape of a pyramid or cone crowning a structure (door, front, ground, etc.), much used in Gothic architecture.

spire
spīr, n. a winding line like the threads of a screw: a curl: a wreath: a tapering body, a slender stalk, a shoot or sprout: any one of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges—the Marram, Reed canary-grass, &c.: the top or summit of anything: a very acute pyramidal roof in common use over the towers of churches.—v.i. to sprout, shoot up.—v.t. to furnish with a spire.—adjs. Spīred, having a spire; Spir′ulate, spiral in form or arrangement; Spī′ry, of a spiral form: wreathed: tapering like a spire or a pyramid: abounding in spires. [Fr.,—L. spira; Gr. speira, anything wound round or upon a thing; akin to eirein, to fasten together in rows.]

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