spire

spire

1. kärki, huippu

2. yhteys|arkkitehtuuri|k=en spiira; suippotorni

Esimerkkejä:

In the darkest night / Rising like a 'spire' (Burning Heart, Survivor)

Synonyymisanakirja

spire

pienoistorni, pinaakkeli, torni, torninhuippu, tornin huippu.

Rimmaavat sanat

spire rimmaa näiden kanssa:

empire...

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Englannin sanakirja

spire (englanti > suomi)

1. suippotorni, torni

2. kärki, huippu

spire englanniksi

1. puhekieltä The stalk or stem of a plant. (defdate)

2. A young shoot of a plant; a spear. (defdate)

3. 1913, w:D. H. Lawrence|D.H. Lawrence, s:Sons_and_Lovers Sons and Lovers, s:Sons and Lovers/Chapter 12|chapter 12

Clara had pulled a button from a hollyhock spire, and was breaking it to get the seeds.

4. A sharp or tapering point. (defdate)

5. {{quote-book|year=1907|author=w:Harold Edward Bindloss|Harold Bindloss

6. 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.

7. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. (defdate)

8. Shakespeare

the spire and top of praises

9. puhekieltä A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.

10. Of a seed, plant etc.: to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate. (defdate)

11. 1590, (w), The Faerie Queene, III.5:

In gentle Ladies breste and bounteous race / Of woman kind it fayrest Flowre doth spyre, / And beareth fruit of honour and all chast desyre.

12. Mortimer

It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms.

13. To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally. (defdate)

14. puhekieltä To breathe. (defdate)

(rfquotek)

15. One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil. (defdate)

16. A spiral. (defdate)

17. puhekieltä The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.

18. turn (gloss)

19. (monikko) spira|lang=it

20. sprout

21. to sprout

22. (monikko) spira|lang=vec

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