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fire
Noun
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A chemical reaction that makes heat and flames or smoldering.
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Something that has made or can make this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.
We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.
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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.
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One of the four basic elements.
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One of the five basic elements.
fire
Verb
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To set something on fire.
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To shoot (a gun, cannon or a similar weapon).
We will fire our guns at the enemy.
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To shoot a gun, cannon or a similar weapon.
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
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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.
engine
Noun
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An engine is the part of a machine which gives it power.
with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.
extension
Noun
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The space that something occupies.
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Extension is the process of making something longer.
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An extension is the time or part of something that was added to make it longer.
She had extensions put in her hair and now she has long hair.
He couldn't pay in May so the bank gave him an extension until July.
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An extension is the operation of pulling the two ends of a broken bone to bring the broken pieces into the same straight line.
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Extension is the act of moving an arm, leg, finger, etc. so that it is straight.
ladder
Noun
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A ladder is something you walk up use to get to a higher (or lower) position. There are two parallel sides and steps (rungs) between them.