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spire
noun(spire)
a slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass)
spire
noun(spire)
the upper tapering part of something (such as a tree or antler) : pinnacle
spire
noun(spire)
a tapering roof or analogous pyramidal construction surmounting a tower
spire
verb(spire)
to rise like a spire
spire
noun(spire)
spiral
spire
noun(spire)
coil
spire
noun(spire)
the inner or upper part of a spiral gastropod shell consisting of all the whorls except the whorl in contact with the body
spire
verb(spire)
to rise in or as if in a spiral

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