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Quick definitions from WordNet (fire)
▸ noun: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy ("Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes")
▸ noun: a fireplace in which a fire is burning ("They sat by the fire and talked")
▸ noun: intense adverse criticism ("Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party")
▸ noun: the event of something burning (often destructive) ("They lost everything in the fire")
▸ noun: a severe trial ("He went through fire and damnation")
▸ noun: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke ("Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries")
▸ noun: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
▸ noun: feelings of great warmth and intensity
▸ verb: terminate the employment of ("The boss fired his secretary today")
▸ verb: bake in a kiln so as to harden ("Fire pottery")
▸ verb: cause to go off ("Fire a gun")
▸ verb: go off or discharge ("The gun fired")
▸ verb: drive out or away by or as if by fire ("The soldiers were fired")
▸ verb: provide with fuel ("Oil fires the furnace")
▸ verb: destroy by fire
▸ verb: start firing a weapon
▸ verb: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #57287)
▸ Also see firing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to fire
▸ Usage examples for fire
▸ Idioms related to fire (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing fire
▸ Words that often appear near fire
▸ Rhymes of fire
▸ Invented words related to fire
▸ noun: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy ("Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes")
▸ noun: a fireplace in which a fire is burning ("They sat by the fire and talked")
▸ noun: intense adverse criticism ("Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party")
▸ noun: the event of something burning (often destructive) ("They lost everything in the fire")
▸ noun: a severe trial ("He went through fire and damnation")
▸ noun: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke ("Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries")
▸ noun: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
▸ noun: feelings of great warmth and intensity
▸ verb: terminate the employment of ("The boss fired his secretary today")
▸ verb: bake in a kiln so as to harden ("Fire pottery")
▸ verb: cause to go off ("Fire a gun")
▸ verb: go off or discharge ("The gun fired")
▸ verb: drive out or away by or as if by fire ("The soldiers were fired")
▸ verb: provide with fuel ("Oil fires the furnace")
▸ verb: destroy by fire
▸ verb: start firing a weapon
▸ verb: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #57287)
▸ Also see firing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to fire
▸ Usage examples for fire
▸ Idioms related to fire (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing fire
▸ Words that often appear near fire
▸ Rhymes of fire
▸ Invented words related to fire