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fire

/ fire /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
attack onslaught onset
Kinds of:
antiaircraft fire barrage barrage fire battery bombardment
Derived:
open fire discharge go off
verb Sense 2
drive out or away by or as if by fire
"The soldiers were fired"
"Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
Type of:
chase away drive out turn back
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
go off or discharge
"The gun fired"
Derived:
discharge firing firing off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
cause to go off
"fire a gun"
"fire a bullet"
Kinds of:
pop loose off let fly let drive shoot
Derived:
discharge firing firing off
Causes:
discharge go off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
bake in a kiln so as to harden
"fire pottery"
Type of:
bake
Derived:
flame flaming
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
noun Sense 6
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Type of:
element
Domain:
archaism archaicism
noun Sense 7
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
"fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries"
Type of:
combustion burning
Kinds of:
blaze blazing flare
Derived:
flame fuel burn burn down
verb Sense 8
terminate the employment of
"The boss fired his secretary today"
"The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Opposites:
hire engage employ
Type of:
remove
Kinds of:
retire pension off clean out furlough lay off
Derived:
dismissal dismission discharge firing liberation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 9
a severe trial
"he went through fire and damnation"
Type of:
trial tribulation visitation
noun Sense 10
the event of something burning (often destructive)
"they lost everything in the fire"
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
Kinds of:
bonfire balefire brush fire campfire conflagration
Derived:
burn burn down
noun Sense 11
intense adverse criticism
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
"the government has come under attack"
"don''t give me any flak"
Type of:
criticism unfavorable judgment
Derived:
attack round assail lash out snipe
noun Sense 12
a fireplace in which a fire is burning
"they sat by the fire and talked"
Type of:
fireplace hearth open fireplace
Kinds of:
cookfire
Derived:
burn burn down
verb Sense 13
provide with fuel
"Oil fires the furnace"
Type of:
supply provide render
Derived:
flame flaming fuel
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 14
start firing a weapon
Type of:
shoot
Derived:
firing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 15
destroy by fire
"They burned the house and his diaries"
Type of:
destroy ruin
Kinds of:
backfire cremate torch scorch
Derived:
flame flaming burn burn mark
Verb group:
burn combust incinerate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 16
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"
"raise a smile"
"evoke sympathy"
Type of:
make create
Kinds of:
strike a chord touch a chord invite ask for draw
Derived:
incitement incitation provocation evocation induction
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 17
feelings of great warmth and intensity
"he spoke with great ardor"
Type of:
passion passionateness
Kinds of:
zeal
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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attack onslaught onset antiaircraft fire barrage barrage fire battery bombardment chase away drive out turn back pop