[ US /ˈsaɪɝ/ ]
[ UK /sˈa‍ɪ‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
  2. a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
  3. the founder of a family
    keep the faith of our forefathers
VERB
  1. make (offspring) by reproduction
    Abraham begot Isaac
    John fathered four daughters
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How To Use sire In A Sentence

  • This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
  • You just can't let a little thing like his being already dead get in the way of a good, irrational hatful desire to kill! Tom Cruise is a LOT OLDER than I thought
  • Her desired outcome was a bit of money to help with major structural repairs.
  • This absorbing profile muses on his universal popularity and compulsive desire to draw and paint. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the motive behind her achievement was not self-interest alone, nor the desire to carry aloft the banner of feminism.
  • Human rebellion didn't change his desire. Christianity Today
  • The recent U.S. ranking by the World Economic Forum of 48th out of 133 developed or developing nations in quality of math and science instruction is a siren call. Jacqueline Edelberg: Political Will
  • I could not but acknowledge that the local governments had, as it seemed to him, evinced but little sympathy with Hindooism; and that whatever might be European policy in respect to religion, the East India Company might have participated in the desire which prevails in Europe to develop ancient customs, and the reasons of those customs. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
  • It is well known that if a trait is heritable, the easiest and most practical way to change the trait in a herd of cattle is through selection of the sire.
  • They consistently underachieve at school and demonstrate little desire to make headway along a career avenue to success.
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