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Definition of sire in English: sirenoun sʌɪəˈsaɪ(ə)r 1The male parent of an animal, especially a stallion or bull kept for breeding. the sire is one of the country's top thoroughbred stallions Example sentencesExamples - Second-generation hybrids were generated from four parental animals: two sires and two dams.
- If the sire was determined to be Angus or Brangus, then conception date was determined by subtracting 283 d from calving date.
- Large, high-gaining sires produce calves with large birth weights.
- There were disproportionate numbers of female or male births consistently produced by some sires.
- Four Brahman and four Angus sires were rotated among breeding pastures in both forage systems each year.
- Scientists are looking for genetic variation within the breed that would allow producers to choose sires based on the beef tenderness of their progeny and other characteristics.
- 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.
- When few or no ancestors are common to the sire and dam, the breeding is known as an outcross.
- As is typical of cow herds, the sires were not in contact with their calves.
- Many dairy farmers use natural service sires to overcome problems associated with estrous detection.
- Sequencing was done on eight bull sires of Norwegian dairy cattle using Dye Terminator chemistry.
- Larger territorial males were more likely to sire the entire clutch or share paternity with fewer additional sires than smaller territorial males.
- With his fine breeding on his sire's side, this bull should bring in a lot of money.
- Mott's family started selecting sires for lower birth weights years ago.
- Quadratic is the sire of three current stallions led by Home At Last, who stands at Nuckols Farm in Kentucky for $2,500.
- In the US, stallion fees for new sires have come down significantly.
2archaic A respectful form of address for someone of high social status, especially a king. Example sentencesExamples - We honestly did not know we had trespassed on your lands, sire.
- 2.1 A father or other male forebear.
Example sentencesExamples - I never really knew my father, while the rest admired their noble sires.
verb sʌɪəˈsaɪ(ə)r [with object]1Be the male parent of (an animal) Castor twice sired two champions in a litter Example sentencesExamples - Some males sire many offspring, and many males sire no offspring, a dynamic that intensifies male-male competition.
- We conclude that the chicks were sired by extrapair males.
- The heifer calves were from crossbred cows sired by Eimousin bulls.
- Certainly, mating systems in which a male is able to sire many offspring with many different females will cause natural selection to favor different traits than one in which a male is limited to one female.
- Two of the control males had most likely sired one and two offspring, respectively, in one nest each.
- He has sired ten foals of racing age and ten yearlings in his first two crops.
- Saithor, an 11-year-old son of Storm Bird, has sired nine foals from one American crop of racing age.
- We collected DNA samples from 811 offspring from 45 litters that were collectively sired by 48 males.
- Not only social mating success but also the ability of males to sire offspring is related to the expression of secondary sexual characters.
- Information on mating and spacing patterns was obtained by mapping offspring sired by individual males.
- Calves were sired by Artificial Insemination or in single sire mating pastures.
- Similar to a paternity suit, the owners must prove they do not know which horse sired the foal.
- The probability of dominant males siring infants decreased when the number of simultaneously tumescent females increased.
- He never showed much interest in the number of departmental female elephants around and never sired a calf.
- Males are expected to provide less care to offspring sired by other males.
- About 20 percent of males mature when only 2 years old and spend their lives siring offspring in other males' nests.
- The higher the concentration of dioxin in the serum of exposed males, the less likely they were to sire a male child.
- He has sired four foals out in two crops of racing age, with five yearlings in his third crop.
- In order to obtain the permit, the Gallaghers appealed to the Jockey Club and proved they do not know who sired the filly.
- At the age of 12 months, a healthy male deer can sire 2 to 3 calves from a female in nine months.
- 1.1literary (of a person) be the father of.
his father had just that measure of talent which so often sires a genius Example sentencesExamples - In biological terms, men can sire hundreds of children in their lives, but this biological ability is limited by the fact that no one woman can keep pace.
- About 40 percent of the babies were sired by someone other than the mother's mate.
- During those 130 years Adam sired children by beings other than Eve.
- I have sired no offspring, created no universes, I cannot walk through walls and I've never been killed at Easter.
- There will always be plenty of babies sired by dominant men.
Synonyms father, engender, generate, spawn, create, give life to, bring into being, bring into the world, have
Origin Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun): from Old French, from an alteration of Latin senior (see senior). sense 1 of the noun dates from the early 16th century. Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah Definition of sire in US English: sirenounˈsaɪ(ə)rˈsī(ə)r 1The male parent of an animal, especially a stallion or bull kept for breeding. the sire is one of the country's top thoroughbred stallions Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- Mott's family started selecting sires for lower birth weights years ago.
- As is typical of cow herds, the sires were not in contact with their calves.
- In the US, stallion fees for new sires have come down significantly.
- Second-generation hybrids were generated from four parental animals: two sires and two dams.
- If the sire was determined to be Angus or Brangus, then conception date was determined by subtracting 283 d from calving date.
- With his fine breeding on his sire's side, this bull should bring in a lot of money.
- When few or no ancestors are common to the sire and dam, the breeding is known as an outcross.
- Scientists are looking for genetic variation within the breed that would allow producers to choose sires based on the beef tenderness of their progeny and other characteristics.
- Larger territorial males were more likely to sire the entire clutch or share paternity with fewer additional sires than smaller territorial males.
- There were disproportionate numbers of female or male births consistently produced by some sires.
- Sequencing was done on eight bull sires of Norwegian dairy cattle using Dye Terminator chemistry.
- Quadratic is the sire of three current stallions led by Home At Last, who stands at Nuckols Farm in Kentucky for $2,500.
- Large, high-gaining sires produce calves with large birth weights.
- Many dairy farmers use natural service sires to overcome problems associated with estrous detection.
- Four Brahman and four Angus sires were rotated among breeding pastures in both forage systems each year.
2archaic A respectful form of address for someone of high social status, especially a king. Example sentencesExamples - We honestly did not know we had trespassed on your lands, sire.
- 2.1 A father or other male forebear.
Example sentencesExamples - I never really knew my father, while the rest admired their noble sires.
verbˈsaɪ(ə)rˈsī(ə)r [with object]1Be the male parent of (an animal) Castor twice sired two champions in a litter Example sentencesExamples - Males are expected to provide less care to offspring sired by other males.
- We collected DNA samples from 811 offspring from 45 litters that were collectively sired by 48 males.
- Saithor, an 11-year-old son of Storm Bird, has sired nine foals from one American crop of racing age.
- Information on mating and spacing patterns was obtained by mapping offspring sired by individual males.
- Similar to a paternity suit, the owners must prove they do not know which horse sired the foal.
- He has sired four foals out in two crops of racing age, with five yearlings in his third crop.
- We conclude that the chicks were sired by extrapair males.
- In order to obtain the permit, the Gallaghers appealed to the Jockey Club and proved they do not know who sired the filly.
- The higher the concentration of dioxin in the serum of exposed males, the less likely they were to sire a male child.
- Certainly, mating systems in which a male is able to sire many offspring with many different females will cause natural selection to favor different traits than one in which a male is limited to one female.
- He never showed much interest in the number of departmental female elephants around and never sired a calf.
- About 20 percent of males mature when only 2 years old and spend their lives siring offspring in other males' nests.
- The heifer calves were from crossbred cows sired by Eimousin bulls.
- He has sired ten foals of racing age and ten yearlings in his first two crops.
- Some males sire many offspring, and many males sire no offspring, a dynamic that intensifies male-male competition.
- Two of the control males had most likely sired one and two offspring, respectively, in one nest each.
- Not only social mating success but also the ability of males to sire offspring is related to the expression of secondary sexual characters.
- At the age of 12 months, a healthy male deer can sire 2 to 3 calves from a female in nine months.
- The probability of dominant males siring infants decreased when the number of simultaneously tumescent females increased.
- Calves were sired by Artificial Insemination or in single sire mating pastures.
- 1.1literary (of a person) be the father of.
his father had just that measure of talent which so often sires a genius Example sentencesExamples - I have sired no offspring, created no universes, I cannot walk through walls and I've never been killed at Easter.
- In biological terms, men can sire hundreds of children in their lives, but this biological ability is limited by the fact that no one woman can keep pace.
- During those 130 years Adam sired children by beings other than Eve.
- There will always be plenty of babies sired by dominant men.
- About 40 percent of the babies were sired by someone other than the mother's mate.
Synonyms father, engender, generate, spawn, create, give life to, bring into being, bring into the world, have
Origin Middle English (in sire (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French, from an alteration of Latin senior (see senior). sire (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the early 16th century. |