English dictionary
fire
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
noun
- a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
noun
- intense adverse criticism
noun
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
noun
- a severe trial
noun
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
noun
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
noun
- fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
noun
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile
verb
- bake in a kiln so as to harden
verb
- destroy by fire
verb
- start or maintain a fire in
verb
- become ignited
verb
- cause to go off
verb
- go off or discharge
verb
- start firing a weapon
verb
- generate an electrical impulse
verb
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
verb
- drive out or away by or as if by fire
verb
- provide with fuel
verb
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Example sentences
hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
they sat by the fire and talked
Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
the government has come under attack
don't give me any flak
they lost everything in the fire
he went through fire and damnation
he spoke with great ardor
fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
put the kettle on the fire
barbecue over an open fire
fire pottery
They burned the house and his diaries
fire the furnace
The furnace wouldn't fire
fire a gun
fire a bullet
The gun fired
the neurons fired fast
arouse pity
raise a smile
evoke sympathy
The soldiers were fired
Surrender fires the cold skepticism
Oil fires the furnace
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers