ire
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Is ire a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of ire?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Iron.Examples: "[…] 'Tell I'm rud as the smith makes the pieces of ire; […]"; "A ire thing, moore smart by haff, / That zeed var off 's za theene 's a laff, / An' zum zes edden' 'xac'ly saff, / Stan's in th' place ee did."obsoleteuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive, rare) To anger, to irritate.Examples: "It doesn't tire a man to put down a carpet so much as it ires him."; "I heard enough from the gentleman who has just taken his seat, and from my friend, Dr. Caldwell, to ire me just a little bit."; "“You have enemies. Is that why you have chosen to leave at this time?” It ired me that he should think so, but I held my peace, and when I spoke at last, my voice was mild."raretransitive
name (English)
1. (sports) Abbreviation of Ireland (Republic of Ireland).abbreviationalt-of
2. (historical) Initialism of Institute of Radio Engineers.abbreviationalt-ofhistoricalinitialism
name (English)
1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of Irish English.Examples: "Quite a number of EE urban and rural dialects, educated English speech, IrE, and ScotE cannot be ruled out."; "Like ScotE, IrE has certain word stress patterns that differ from RP (in -ise verbs, for example), but there are few categorical differences and a great deal of variability."abbreviationalt-of
Definition source: Wiktionary