Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spire
spiring grass
1802, John Drayton, A View of South-Carolina1 more example
Too much heat is often given to seedlings, when raised in a hotbed or greenhouse; and the plants become spiring and weakly, in lieu of being short stemmed^([sic]) and strong.
1825, Benjamin Maund, The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain : with Their Names, Classes, Orders, History, Qualities, Culture and Physiological Observations, volume 3, Simpkin & Marshal, →OCLC
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spiring
requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringtiringconspiringenquiringuninspiringrewiringuntiringquiringperspiringmisfiringrehiringsiringattiringprehiring
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
spiring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiring
MLA
“spiring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiring. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiring.
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