Sire
noun
A term used to talk about a male parent of some animals.
The horse's sire was a champion racehorse.
Often appears as...
- the sire of
- sire was
noun
A title used to address a king or a lord.
Yes, sire, your guests are waiting in the grand hall.
Often appears as...
- yes
- sire
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
noun
A respectful form of address for someone of high social status especially in past times.
Sire, I am your humble servant.
Often appears as...
- address as sire
- call sire
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
verb
To be the male parent of an animal.
That stallion has sired many winning racehorses.
Often appears as...
- sire a
- sired by
noun
A term used to talk about a male parent of some animals.
The horse's sire was a champion racehorse.
Often appears as...
- the sire of
- sire was
noun
A title used to address a king or a lord.
Yes, sire, your guests are waiting in the grand hall.
Often appears as...
- yes
- sire
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
noun
A respectful form of address for someone of high social status especially in past times.
Sire, I am your humble servant.
Often appears as...
- address as sire
- call sire
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
verb
To be the male parent of an animal.
That stallion has sired many winning racehorses.
Often appears as...
- sire a
- sired by
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Lineage
Use 'sire' to discuss an animal's male lineage, commonly with pedigree animals.
The pedigree certificate listed the puppy's sire.
Pro Tip 2/2Breeding Context
'Sire' is often used in the context of animal breeding and genetics.
The breeder kept detailed records of each mare and her sire.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Lineage
Use 'sire' to discuss an animal's male lineage, commonly with pedigree animals.
The pedigree certificate listed the puppy's sire.
Pro Tip 2/2Breeding Context
'Sire' is often used in the context of animal breeding and genetics.
The breeder kept detailed records of each mare and her sire.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Lineage
Use 'sire' to discuss an animal's male lineage, commonly with pedigree animals.
The pedigree certificate listed the puppy's sire.
Pro Tip 2/2Breeding Context
'Sire' is often used in the context of animal breeding and genetics.
The breeder kept detailed records of each mare and her sire.
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What it's like to be a...
And there are lots of ways to experience being genderqueer, but for me that means I don't really identify as a man or a woman. I feel in between and sometimes outside of this gender binary. And being outside of this gender binary means that sometimes I get "sired" and "ma'amed" in the span of less than an hour when I'm out doing everyday things like getting Cheerios.
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
unless otherwise they are the fathers of his Cubs and it's you know coming into contact direct contact with an infected you know animal that you pick up the mites and you get an infection I wonder whether these cabs were sired by their workers or the Birmingham's and anybody
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The birds and the bees...
Eggs are very expensive to make, so it makes sense for females to be very choosy about who she shares them with. Sperm, on the other hand, is abundant and cheap, so it makes more sense for males to have a more-sex-is-better strategy when it comes to siring members
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
Cubs has been raised by Sharron and whether this lot would be able to sire Cubs yes technically they have the equipment and the maturity to sire Cubs at this stage but whether or not they would be able to convince a prior two females to allow that are not really
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South Africa's Strongest...
kicking off because he's come into the area when a ball is in mass their testosterone levels saw 60 times greater than normal as they prepare to compete for females and will do whatever it takes to sire the next generation coughs are born completely dependent on
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Inside the killer whale...
every new calf is another mouth to feed on limited, shared resources. An older female can further her genes without burdening her family by supporting her adult sons, who sire calves other families will raise. This might be why the females have evolved
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Cannibalism in the...
dead, or simply too numerous to feed. In other mammals, including bears and lions, males will kill offspring sired by another. That’s because childless females become receptive to mating more quickly than if they were caring for a cub.
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Safari Live - Day 69 PIPE...
therefore sire their own Cubs rather than the Cubs of another male methyl naughty things going wandering into the dangerous big white world luckily you've got one large mother and two big auntie's to keep you safe I was telling
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Small Creatures In Need...
encouragement to get into the sky but after a few seconds he finally makes up into the air and thanks to the team this young swift will hopefully one day return back here to somerset to the same nest site to sire his very
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Rescuing a Fierce...
it reached our relief site the protected area we'll be looking for a tree and we can throw the rope over to open the capture cage gate sire rope through the gate and flow that rope over a tree and
Video examples
What it's like to be a...
And there are lots of ways to experience being genderqueer, but for me that means I don't really identify as a man or a woman. I feel in between and sometimes outside of this gender binary. And being outside of this gender binary means that sometimes I get "sired" and "ma'amed" in the span of less than an hour when I'm out doing everyday things like getting Cheerios.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
unless otherwise they are the fathers of his Cubs and it's you know coming into contact direct contact with an infected you know animal that you pick up the mites and you get an infection I wonder whether these cabs were sired by their workers or the Birmingham's and anybody
Video examples
The birds and the bees...
Eggs are very expensive to make, so it makes sense for females to be very choosy about who she shares them with. Sperm, on the other hand, is abundant and cheap, so it makes more sense for males to have a more-sex-is-better strategy when it comes to siring members
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
Cubs has been raised by Sharron and whether this lot would be able to sire Cubs yes technically they have the equipment and the maturity to sire Cubs at this stage but whether or not they would be able to convince a prior two females to allow that are not really
Video examples
South Africa's Strongest...
kicking off because he's come into the area when a ball is in mass their testosterone levels saw 60 times greater than normal as they prepare to compete for females and will do whatever it takes to sire the next generation coughs are born completely dependent on
Video examples
Inside the killer whale...
every new calf is another mouth to feed on limited, shared resources. An older female can further her genes without burdening her family by supporting her adult sons, who sire calves other families will raise. This might be why the females have evolved
Video examples
Cannibalism in the...
dead, or simply too numerous to feed. In other mammals, including bears and lions, males will kill offspring sired by another. That’s because childless females become receptive to mating more quickly than if they were caring for a cub.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 69 PIPE...
therefore sire their own Cubs rather than the Cubs of another male methyl naughty things going wandering into the dangerous big white world luckily you've got one large mother and two big auntie's to keep you safe I was telling
Video examples
Small Creatures In Need...
encouragement to get into the sky but after a few seconds he finally makes up into the air and thanks to the team this young swift will hopefully one day return back here to somerset to the same nest site to sire his very
Video examples
Rescuing a Fierce...
it reached our relief site the protected area we'll be looking for a tree and we can throw the rope over to open the capture cage gate sire rope through the gate and flow that rope over a tree and
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Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
We were empty nesters, our last-born child having departed for Duke. Meredith decided we needed a dog to fill the vacuum. She heard about a litter in Colorado sired by Chopper, the legendary avalanche dog at the top of Aspen Mountain.
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Burt Ward
American Actor
I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child.
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Edna O'Brien
Irish Novelist
Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.
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Gene Hackman
American Actor
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
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Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
We were empty nesters, our last-born child having departed for Duke. Meredith decided we needed a dog to fill the vacuum. She heard about a litter in Colorado sired by Chopper, the legendary avalanche dog at the top of Aspen Mountain.
Quote examples
Burt Ward
American Actor
I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child.
Quote examples
Edna O'Brien
Irish Novelist
Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.
Quote examples
Gene Hackman
American Actor
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
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