speir

speer

/ (spiːr) /

verb

Scot to ask; inquire

QUIZZES

BECOME A PRO CHEF WITH THIS EXQUISITE CUISINE QUIZ!

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Word Origin for speir

Old English spyrian to seek after, search for

Words nearby speir

speedwell, speedwriting, speedy, speel, speer, speir, speiss, spek, Speke, spelaean, speleology

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example sentences from the Web for speir

When our hero left the presence of Mrs. Speir, wild, strange hopes were surging in his heart.
A Successful Shadow|Harlan Page Halsey
At this moment the woman, Mrs. Speir, uttered a cry, and would have fallen had not the detective held and assisted her to a chair.
A Successful Shadow|Harlan Page Halsey
On the occasion when Jack appeared he found Mrs. Speir seated in her library.
A Successful Shadow|Harlan Page Halsey
"Jist answer me ae queston, Isy, and I'll speir nae mair," said Marion.
Salted With Fire|George MacDonald

Gey an' often: Bell's an auld friend o' my mither's, and I run over to speir for her aye when I've time.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875|Various

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY