sire
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
Types & categories
- noble hypernym
Sense 2 verb
make children
Abraham begot Isaac
Types & categories
- create hypernym
Related & opposite
- multiplication derivation
- sire derivation
- genesis derivation
- generation derivation
- father derivation
- forefather derivation
- mother derivation
- procreative derivation
Sense 3 noun
the founder of a family
keep the faith of our forefathers
Types & categories
- antecedent hypernym
- patriarch hyponym
Related & opposite
- sire derivation
Sense 4 noun
male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
Types & categories
- male hypernym
Related & opposite
- sire derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | multiplication |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | genesis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | father |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forefather |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mother |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | procreative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | antecedent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | patriarch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sire |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | male |