spire

suomi-englanti sanakirja

spire englannista suomeksi

The stalk or stem of a plant. (defdate)
A young shoot of a plant; a spear. (defdate)
(RQ:Lawrence Sons and Lovers)
Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
A sharp or tapering point. (defdate)
(quote-book)
A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. (defdate)

''The spire of the church rose high above the town.''

The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus)
A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate. (defdate)
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
{{RQ:Mortimer Husbandry
To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally. (defdate)
To furnish with a spire.
To breathe. (defdate)
One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil. (defdate)
(RQ:Dryden Fables)
A spiral. (defdate)
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
turn (gloss)
turn (of an electromagnetic coil)
(monikko) it|spira
(alt form)
(l)
to (l)
(monikko) vec|spira