sire

1. 1.

   make (offspring) by reproduction

   “Abraham begot Isaac”

   “John fathered four daughters”

   Synonymsbegetgetengenderfathermothergeneratebring forth

   Broadermake

Other forms of sire

plural

sires·

past tense

sired·

present participle

siring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sire

What does sire mean?

sire means "a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sire?

sire has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈsaɪɚ/.

What is another word for sire?

Close synonyms include forefather, father, beget, get, engender. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sire a common word?

sire is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.