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fire
(f/aI//-/r )

noun (n)

  • the event of something burning (often destructive)(noun.event)
    Example:
    They lost everything in the fire.
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy(noun.act)
    Example:
    Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes.
    They retreated in the face of withering enemy fire.
    Synonym:
    firing
    source: wordnet30
  • the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke(noun.process)
    Example:
    Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries.
    Synonym:
    flame, flaming
    source: wordnet30
  • a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    They sat by the fire and talked.
    source: wordnet30
  • once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)(noun.substance)
    Synonym:
    air, earth, water
    source: wordnet30
  • feelings of great warmth and intensity(noun.feeling)
    Synonym:
    ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour
    source: wordnet30
  • fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking(noun.substance)
    Example:
    Put the kettle on the fire.
    Barbecue over an open fire.
    source: wordnet30
  • a severe trial(noun.event)
    Example:
    He went through fire and damnation.
    source: wordnet30
  • intense adverse criticism(noun.communication)
    Example:
    Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party.
    Synonym:
    attack, blast, flack, flak
    source: wordnet30
  • The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • start firing a weapon(verb.competition)
    Synonym:
    open fire
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to go off(verb.competition)
    Example:
    Fire a gun.
    Fire a bullet.
    Synonym:
    discharge
    source: wordnet30
  • bake in a kiln so as to harden(verb.change)
    Example:
    Fire pottery.
    source: wordnet30
  • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position(verb.social)
    Example:
    The boss fired his secretary today.
    Synonym:
    can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
    Antonym:
    employ, engage, hire
    source: wordnet30
  • go off or discharge(verb.competition)
    Example:
    The gun fired.
    Synonym:
    discharge, go off
    source: wordnet30
  • drive out or away by or as if by fire(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The soldiers were fired.
    Surrender fires the cold skepticism.
    source: wordnet30
  • call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise
    source: wordnet30
  • destroy by fire(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    burn, burn down
    source: wordnet30
  • provide with fuel(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Oil fires the furnace.
    Synonym:
    fuel
    source: wordnet30
  • To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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