[
US
/ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪɹ/
]
[ UK /fˈaɪə/ ]
[ UK /fˈaɪə/ ]
VERB
-
bake in a kiln so as to harden
fire pottery - start firing a weapon
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go off or discharge
The gun fired -
start or maintain a fire in
fire the furnace -
provide with fuel
Oil fires the furnace -
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
arouse pity
evoke sympathy
raise a smile -
drive out or away by or as if by fire
Surrender fires the cold skepticism
The soldiers were fired -
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The company terminated 25% of its workers
The boss fired his secretary today -
become ignited
The furnace wouldn't fire -
cause to go off
fire a bullet
fire a gun -
destroy by fire
They burned the house and his diaries -
generate an electrical impulse
the neurons fired fast
NOUN
-
intense adverse criticism
Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
the government has come under attack
don't give me any flak -
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
barbecue over an open fire
put the kettle on the fire -
the event of something burning (often destructive)
they lost everything in the fire -
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
they sat by the fire and talked -
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries -
a severe trial
he went through fire and damnation -
feelings of great warmth and intensity
he spoke with great ardor -
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire - once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
How To Use fire In A Sentence
- He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
- A few weeks later I was fired from my job at Hunter College.
- The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
- We must remember that the prime motive for Housmann's boulevards and circuses was to ensure that a strategically placed cannon could fire down many streets, quelling the citizens who were periodically disposed to revolution.
- Connecticut schools have been fitting yellow intruder alarms next to fire alarms in their corridors and dining halls. Times, Sunday Times
- Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
- Little chips light great fires.
- Less than a minute later he had gone past the courts, down a stairwell and opened the fire door.
