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lires

lires is the plural of lire.

Meaning of lire

Noun (1)

lire (plural lires)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

Noun (2)

lire (plural lires)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) The cheek.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.

Noun (3)

lire (plural lires)

  1. (Orkney, Scotland, Shetland, UK, dialectal) The Manx shearwater (bird).

Questions about lires

What is lires the plural of?
Lires is the plural of lire.

Words near lires in the dictionary

  1. lirellate
  2. lirelliform
  3. lirelline
  4. lirentelimab
  5. lirequinil
  6. lires
  7. Lirette
  8. Lirettes
  9. LIRG
  10. LIRGs
  11. Liri

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lires (page history and authors); lire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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