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Noun sire has 3 senses
  1. sire - a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
    --1 is a kind of     Lord, noble, nobleman
  2. forefather, father, sire - the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
    --2 is a kind of ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
    --2 has particulars: patriarch
    Derived form: verb sire1
  3. sire - male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
    --3 is a kind of     male
    Derived form: verb sire1
,Verb sire has 1 sense
  1. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
    --1 is one way to make, create
    Derived forms: noun sire3, noun sire2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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