spire

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for spire

spire 🔊 /spajˈɹ/

spire : ගෘහශෘංගය

spire : සිඟුව

spire definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. To breathe.
  2. To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.

Noun.

  1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
  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.
  3. A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
  4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
  5. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
  6. The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.