English-Thai Dictionary

spire

N ยอด แหลม ของ ตึก  steeple tower yod-leam-kong-tuek

 

spire

N เส้น ขด  วง ก้นหอย  coil spiral sean-kod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPIRE

n.[L. spira; from the root of L. spiro, to breathe. The primary sense of the root is to throw, to drive, to send, but it implies a winding motion, like throw, warp, and many others.] 1. A winding line like the threads of a screw; any thing wreathed or contorted; a curl; a twist; a wreath. His neck erect amidst his circling spires. A dragon's fiery form belied the god; sublime on radiant spires he rode.
2. A body that shoots up to a point; a tapering body; a round pyramid or pyramidical body; a steeple. With glist'ring spires and pinnacles adorn'd.
3. A stalk or blade of grass or other plant. How humble ought man to be, who cannot make a single spire or grass.
4. The top or uppermost point of a thing.

 

SPIRE

v.i. 1. To shoot; to shoot up pyramidically.
2. To breathe. [Not in use. ]
3. To sprout, as grain in malting.

 

SPIRED

a.Having a spire.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPIRE

Spire, v. i. Etym: [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit. ]

 

Defn: To breathe. [Obs. ] Shenstone.

 

SPIRE

Spire, n. Etym: [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young shoot, AS. spir; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan. spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. spira.]

 

1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat. An oak cometh up a little spire. Chaucer.

 

2. 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. "With glistering spires and pinnacles adorned. " Milton. A spire of land that stand apart, Cleft from the main. Tennyson. Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear. Cowper.

 

3. (Mining )

 

Defn: A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.

 

4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. The spire and top of praises. Shak.

 

SPIRE

Spire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiring. ]

 

Defn: To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. Emerson. It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. Mortimer.

 

SPIRE

Spire, n. Etym: [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. spire. ]

 

1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. Dryden.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n. Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.

 

SPIRED

SPIRED Spired, a.

 

Defn: Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple. Mason.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spire

spire 1 |spī (ə )r ˈspaɪ (ə )r | ▶noun a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower. • the continuation of a tree trunk above the point where branching begins, esp. in a tree of a tapering form. • a long tapering object: spires of delphiniums. DERIVATIVES spired adjective, spir y adjective ORIGIN Old English spīr ‘tall slender stem of a plant ’; related to German Spier ‘tip of a blade of grass. ’

 

spire

spire 2 |ˈspaɪ (ə )r spī (ə )r | ▶noun Zoology the upper tapering part of the spiral shell of a gastropod mollusk, comprising all but the whorl containing the body. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘a spiral ’): from French, or via Latin from Greek speira ‘a coil. ’

 

spirea

spi re a |spīˈrēə spaɪˈriə |(also spiraea ) ▶noun a shrub of the rose family, with clusters of small white or pink flowers. Found throughout the northern hemisphere, it is widely cultivated as a garden ornamental. [Genus Spiraea, family Rosaceae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek speiraia, from speira ‘a coil. ’

 

spireme

spi reme (also spirem ) ▶noun Biochemistry, dated the tangled strands of chromosomal material seen in the early stages of cell division, formerly believed to be a single continuous strand (or two in a diploid cell, etc. ). ORIGIN from German spirem, from Greek ‘coil, ’ ‘convolution. ’

 

spire shell

spire shell ▶noun a marine or freshwater mollusk with a long conical spiral shell. [Hydrobiidae and related families, class Gastropoda. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

spire

spire 1 |spʌɪə | ▶noun a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower. • the continuation of a tree trunk above the point where branching begins, especially in a tree of a tapering form. • a long tapering object: spires of delphiniums. DERIVATIVES spired adjective, spiry |ˈspʌɪri |adjective ORIGIN Old English spīr ‘tall slender stem of a plant ’; related to German Spier ‘tip of a blade of grass ’.

 

spire

spire 2 |spʌɪə | ▶noun Zoology the upper tapering part of the spiral shell of a gastropod mollusc, comprising all but the whorl containing the body. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘a spiral ’): from French, or via Latin from Greek speira ‘a coil ’.

 

spirea

spirea ▶noun US variant spelling of spiraea.

 

spireme

spi reme (also spirem ) ▶noun Biochemistry, dated the tangled strands of chromosomal material seen in the early stages of cell division, formerly believed to be a single continuous strand (or two in a diploid cell, etc. ). ORIGIN from German spirem, from Greek ‘coil, ’ ‘convolution. ’

 

spire shell

spire shell ▶noun a marine or freshwater mollusc with a long conical spiral shell. ●Hydrobiidae and related families, class Gastropoda.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spire

spire noun the spire of a nearby church: steeple, flèche.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spire

spire noun the spire of a nearby church: steeple, belfry; flèche; Hinduism shikara.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spire

spire 1 /spaɪə r /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (特に教会などの )とがり屋根 ; 尖 （せん ）頂 ; 尖塔 (!通例steepleの先端部をいう ) .2 先の細くとがった物 ; (とがった山の )頂上 ; (円錐 （すい ）状の樹木の )梢 （こずえ ）; 細い芽 [葉 , 茎 ].動詞 自動詞 細い芽が出る ; 突き出る , そびえる .他動詞 …に尖塔を付ける .

 

spire

spire 2 名詞 C 1 らせん, 渦巻き .2 (巻き貝の )殻塔 .