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fire English

Meaning fire meaning

What does fire mean?
Definitions in simple English

fire Noun

— A chemical reaction that makes heat and flames or smoldering. — Something that has made or can make this chemical reaction, such as a campfire. We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories. — The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place which leads to its full or partial destruction. There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down. — One of the four basic elements. — One of the five basic elements.

fire Verb

— To set something on fire. — To shoot (a gun, cannon or a similar weapon). We will fire our guns at the enemy. — To shoot a gun, cannon or a similar weapon. Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes. — To end the employment of an employee because of something they did wrong. She should fire the employee that stole from the company. He got fired from his job.

fire

— noun the event of something burning (often destructive) they lost everything in the fire — verb start firing a weapon — noun (= firing) 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 — verb cause to go off fire a gun fire a bullet — verb bake in a kiln so as to harden fire pottery — noun the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries — verb (= terminate) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position The boss fired his secretary today The company terminated 25% of its workers — verb (= discharge, go off) go off or discharge The gun fired — noun a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning they sat by the fire and talked — noun once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) — noun (= ardor, ardour) feelings of great warmth and intensity he spoke with great ardor — verb drive out or away by or as if by fire The soldiers were fired Surrender fires the cold skepticism — verb (= burn) destroy by fire They burned the house and his diaries — verb (= arouse, evoke, raise) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) arouse pity raise a smile evoke sympathy — noun fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking put the kettle on the fire barbecue over an open fire — noun a severe trial he went through fire and damnation — noun (= attack, flak) intense adverse criticism Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party the government has come under attack don't give me any flak — verb (= fuel) provide with fuel Oil fires the furnace

Synonyms fire synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fire?

fire English » English

shoot dismiss discharge conflagration flame blaze sack firewood light firing lay off burn remove expel ignite heat blast throw out set on fire kindle gunfire go off fuel earth shooting parch inspire flames fire off bonfire bake attack ardour throw terminate stimulate send away roast release pull passion open fire give notice flak fervour enthusiasm campfire burning broil ardor

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Topics fire topics

What do people use fire to talk about?
Daily life

Fire
Daily life Fire

Tend a fire
Daily life Fire

Light a fire
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot
Work and occupation Work Method Work poorly

Give up
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Physical actions Move something Carry

Throw
States Quality Light Shine

Light source
States Quality

Hot
Daily life Fire

Extinguish a fire
Person Life Die

Funeral
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Enthusiastic
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Disaster
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to trouble

Brave
Social behavior Religion

Heaven, hell
Daily life Fire

Burn
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Floor, story
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with clay

  • What words refer to heating clay to make it hard?
    fire a pot
Work and occupation Business organization

Work for someone
States Quality Light Color

Colors of the spectrum

Conjugation fire conjugation

How do you conjugate fire?

fire · verb

Examples fire examples

How do I use fire in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A fire broke out on the first floor.
The fire started in the kitchen.
The fire spread and licked the neighboring house.
My house was on fire.
You had better put out the fire before you go to bed.
They set fire to their neighbour's house in revenge.
She threatened to set our house on fire.
A fire broke out during the night.
She wouldn't even piss on me if I were on fire.
It's dangerous to play with fire.
There's no smoke without fire.
Absorbing information on the internet is like drinking water from a fire hydrant.
There's a fire in my kitchen.
The man set himself on fire.
A child is not a vessel for filling, but a fire to light.
A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.
Did you hear about the fire yesterday?
Be sure to put out the fire before you leave.
There was a big fire in my neighborhood.
A fire broke out near my house.
A fire broke out in the neighborhood yesterday.
A fire broke out nearby.
It being cold, we made a fire.
Though it was cold, he didn't light the fire.
Don't shout at the crying child. It only adds fuel to the fire.
If the hay caught fire, it would be a real disaster.
A burnt child fears the fire.
The fire started in the bathhouse.
The fire broke out toward midnight.
The fire was extinguished at once.
A fire may happen at any moment.
The fire took 13 lives.

Movie subtitles

Cease fire at once!
But they were ready to meet any resistance with cannon fire and cutlass.
The path of fire leads thee To Spooky Mormon Hell Dream!
If we could discover an advanced civilisation, it would be clearly the greatest discovery of humanity, beating out fire.
It's on fire.
What's on fire?
Fire in the woods, man.
Took them how long to build a fire?
Had a nice little fire.
It's like-- it's like the sky's on fire.
It's like the sky's on fire.
The sky went from dark to light, and it looked like it was on fire, just like Victoria said.
The sky changing color and looking like fire-- the producers, the show can't do that.
VOICES IN BACKGROUND We're evacuating patients, but no-one's telling us where the fire is.
Yet, after a year and a halt he had not made much progress and then he did something wrong and the entire receiver caught fire.
Break some skulls if you must, but no fire.
Look, if we do this restaurant and you get that fire back in your belly, you have a purpose again.
Hey. Shaving our heads, eating shards of glass and bathing in fire ants.
What was expected to be a peaceful demonstration amongst residents and law enforcement turned deadly when what was believed to be a home-grown militia opened fire.
Why'd they fire?
All units, advance, and maintain fire.
We have no reason to open fire on the Guardians or the U.N.!
Aren't you going to fire back?
Also, for the same reason, it would be risky to use ground-based fire on the reentry capsules.
Entering stratopause. Prepare to fire the rocket.
It shall be devastated by fire, as a breeding ground of vices and devilish sin.
A sinner is thrown straight into the fire burning under one of the cauldrons.
Observe the eagerness with which the devils tend to the fire under the cauldrons!
Oh, God, I hope Darryl doesn't fire me.
There's a fire.
No, there's an ugly, boring car on fire outside.
Her family hasn't heard from her since the fire.

News and current affairs

Altogether, there were about 100 of us, President Mbeki included, around a roaring fire.
But, by aiding the Taliban, Pakistan is playing with fire, because there are now also Pakistani Talibans who pose a threat to Pakistan.
Firewalls won't work, if kerosene is simultaneously thrown on the fire, as Europe seems committed to doing: there is no example of a large economy - and Europe is the world's largest - recovering as a result of austerity.
The recent photographs of detainees being abused and sexually degraded in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison added fuel to the fire.
The failure of China to move more quickly to encourage higher domestic spending commensurate with its higher incomes added fuel to the fire.
To be effective, such a cease-fire must contain a monitoring mechanism.
Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen has called on Palestinian extremists to disarm, or at least to accept a prolonged cease-fire, but they have responded with more terrorist attacks.
Now financial institutions, too, are coming under fire for their involvement with fossil fuels.
But, with the passage of time, the Barroso-led Commission has also come under fire for being unadventurous and lacklustre.
But the global downturn may also accentuate protectionism, especially if nationalistic impulses gain the upper hand, perhaps stimulated by fire-sales of domestic assets (as we saw during the Asian financial crisis).
Hamas initially reacted skeptically to the statehood bid, but supported it after the cease-fire, owing to its expectation that it will be able to exploit Palestine's upgraded status.
Eiland even advised Israel's government to recognize Hamas's rule in Gaza, lift the siege, and negotiate a prolonged cease-fire directly with the movement.
On November 25, 2003, India and Pakistan agreed to a cease-fire along the Line of Control (LoC), the international border that divides Indian Kashmir from Pakistani Kashmir, as well as the actual ground control (AGPL) in strategic Siachen region.
The cease-fire thus covers a huge area: the 778-kilometer LoC, the 150-kilometer AGPL and the 198-kilometer international border.
The 1976 plan called for sustainable logging and basic forest-fire control, but war intervened, costing Afghanistan half its forest cover.
Nonetheless, the Court has come under fire for three alleged failings.
But the accord had a major flaw: the absence of a cease-fire.
But, as with today's toxic assets, there was no market, and rapid disinvestment would have triggered fire-sale prices, depressing all asset values in the economy and resulting in more bank failures.
CAMBRIDGE - G-20 leaders who scoff at the United States' proposal for numerical trade-balance limits should know that they are playing with fire.
No one lights a fire every night inside their house for fun; they do so because they lack the electricity needed to stay warm and to cook.
And, in 1969, America's heavily polluted Cuyahoga River caught on fire.
Chinese garment factories have repeatedly experienced disasters on a par with the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City a century ago, which killed 146 workers, all young women.
There are Christians who know all about the fire and brimstone of the Book of Revelation, but seem not to have heard the instructions about generosity in the Sermon on the Mount.
Yet as the example of the Triangle fire suggests, the China's experience is not unprecedented.

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