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shire
1[ shahyuhr ]
noun
- one of the counties of Great Britain.
- the Shires, the counties in the Midlands in which hunting is especially popular.
Shire
2[ shahyuhr ]
noun
- one of an English breed of large, strong draft horses having a usually brown or bay coat with white markings.
Shiré
3[ shee-rey ]
noun
- a river in SE Africa, flowing S from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River. 370 miles (596 km) long.
Shire
1/ ˈʃɪəreɪ /
noun
- a river in E central Africa, flowing from Lake Malawi through Malawi and Mozambique to the Zambezi. Length: 596 km (370 miles)
shire
2/ ʃaɪə /
noun
- one of the British counties
- ( in combination )
Yorkshire
- (in Australia) a rural district having its own local council
- See shire horseSee shire horse
- the Midland counties of England, esp Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, famous for hunting, etc
shire
3/ ʃaɪə /
verb
- dialect.tr to refresh or rest
let me get my head shired
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- subshire noun
- under·shire noun
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Example Sentences
Tanganyika would thus go to Nyassa—down the Shiré into the Zambesi and the sea, if a passage existed even below ground.
The rapids of Lake Nyassa where the Shiré issues from it, are more than fifteen hundred feet higher than the ocean.
We landed to wood at Shamoara, just below the confluence of the Shiré.
In the first ascent of the Shiré our attention was chiefly directed to the river itself.
We could not learn from any record that the Shiré had ever been ascended by Europeans.
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