sirenoun [ C ]
uk/saɪər/us/saɪr/sire noun [ C ] (FATHER)
a male parent of an animal, especially a horse
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Names for the male & female of animals
- billy goat
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- cob
- drake
- ewe
- gelding
- mare
- nanny goat
- ram
- stag
- stallion
- steer
- tigress
- tom
- tomcat
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Family: relations in general
Horses & similar animals
sire noun [ C ] (KING)
old use used as a form of address to a king:
I will serve you always, sire.
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- ennoble
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- monarchist
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- sheikh
- sovereign
- squire
- sultan
- throne
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sireverb [ T ]
uk/saɪər/us/saɪr/to become the male parent of an animal or the father of a child:
The foal was sired by a cup-winning racehorse.
old use or humorous At the age of 70, he married a much younger woman and went on to sire two more children.
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Breeds & breeding
- beget
- breed
- breeder
- breeding
- breeding ground
- brood mare
- cross
- crossbreed
- fancier
- father
- hybrid
- inbred
- inbreeding
- interbreed
- pedigree
- pedigreed
- purebred
- selective breeding
- stud
- thoroughbred