sire
Other forms: sires; sired; siring
A sire is an animal's father. A newborn foal might look very much like his sire, with a white stripe on his brown face.
Every once in a while, the word sire is used for a human — your dad is your sire — but it's much more common to find this word describing an animal's male parent. It's also a verb, meaning "to father," as in "My prize pig sires the cutest piglets." In the old days, you'd also use sire to directly address a nobleman or a king. It comes from the Latin word senior, "elder."
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male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
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type of:
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male
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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male
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the founder of a family
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synonyms:
father, forefather
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Abraham
the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son
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Benjamin
(Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel
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Isaac
(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
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Ishmael
(Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes
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Issachar
(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel
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Joseph
(Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt
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Judah
(Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah
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Methuselah
(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
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Noah
the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
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Reuben
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
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patriarch
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
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antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
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Jacob
(Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
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Simeon
(Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
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ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
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Vocabulary lists containing sire
In this fifth and final book of the series The Trials of Apollo, Lester must defeat Nero without causing massive collateral damage to Manhattan.
After Justin Morgan brings home a small colt named Little Bubb, his student Joel Goss trains the horse to become a world-famous breeding stallion.
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