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English

{{rank|towards|friends|forth|378|fire|lost|human|kept}} Image:Large bonfire.jpg|thumb|225px|A large [[fire.]]

Etymology

From < < < {{proto|Indo-European|perjos||paewr-|fire, inanimate noun ( also had the root Appendix:Proto-Indo-European *perjos|*egni-, which was an animate noun)}}. Akin to Dutch , German , Greek {{term|sc=Grek|πῦρ|tr=pūr}}, Old English .

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /faɪə(ɹ)/,
  • , IPA: /faɪɚ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-fire.ogg
  • :


Noun

  1. A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smolder|smouldering.
  2. Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.
  3. : We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.
  4. The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place leading to its full or partial destruction.
  5. : There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
  6. : During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
  7. One of the four basic elements.
  8. In the Context of One of the five basic elements (see w:Classical_element|Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  9. A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
  10. The elements necessary to start a fire.
  11. : The fire was laid and needed to be lit.
  12. The in-flight bullets or other projectiles shoot|shot from a gun.
  13. : The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.


Translations

  • Afrikaans: vuur#Afrikaans|vuur
  • Ainu: アペ (ape)
  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|zjarr|m|xs=Albanian}}
  • Aleut: ca-nak
  • Ancient Greek: (pyr)
  • Arabic: {{Arab|نار|نَارٌ}} (nar) , {{Arab|نيران|نِيرَان}}
  • Aramaic:
  • : Syriac: ܢܘܪܐ (nūrā’)
  • : Hebrew: נורא (nūrā’)
  • Armenian: կրակ (krak), հրդեհ (hrdéh)
  • Basque: su
  • Bosnian: {{t-|bs|vatra|f}}, {{t-|bs|oganj|m}}
  • Bulgarian: огън (ogən)
  • Catalan: {{t+|ca|foc|m}}
  • Chinese:
  • : CJKV Characters: (huǒ)
  • : Mandarin: (huǒ)
  • Croatian: {{t+|hr|vatra|f}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|oheň|m}}
  • Danish: {{t|da|ild|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuur|n}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|fajro|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|feu|m}}
  • Galician: lume
  • German: {{t+|de|Feuer|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|φωτιά|f|tr=fotiá|sc=Grek}}
  • Guaraní: rata, tata
  • Hawaiian: ahi
  • Hebrew: {{he-translation|אש|eš|wv=אֵשׁ}}
  • Hindi: आग (āg)
  • Hittite: {{tø|hit|𒉺𒀪𒄯|n|tr=paḫḫur|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|eldur|m}}, {{t+|is|bál|n}}
  • Igbo: ọku
  • Indonesian: {{t+|id|api|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|tine|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|fuoco|m}}
  • Japanese: 火 (ひ, hi)
  • Korean: 불 (bul)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji: , {{t+|ku|nar|f}}
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|ئاگر|tr=Agir|sc=KUchar}}
  • Lao: (fai)
  • Latin: {{t+|la|ignis|m}}, {{t-|la|focus|m}}
  • Ancient Greek: (pyra)
  • Armenian: հրդեհ (hrdéh)
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пожар|m|tr=požár|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin: (huǒ)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|oheň|m}}
  • Danish: {{t|da|ild|c}}, {{t+|da|bål|n}} (campfire)
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuur|n}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|fajro|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: tuli, nuotio (campfire)
  • French: {{t+|fr|feu|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Feuer|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|φωτιά|f|tr=fotiá|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Hittite: {{tø|hit|𒉺𒀪𒄯|n|tr=paḫḫur|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}}
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|eldur|m}}
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|tine|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|fuoco|m}}
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji: kuçk
  • Latin: {{t-|la|focus|m}}
  • Malay: bahan api
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|bål|n}} (campfire)
  • Old Prussian: pannu
  • Polish: {{t-|pl|żar|m}}, {{t+|pl|ogień|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fogo|m}}
  • Russian: огонь (ogón’) , очаг (očág) hearth, костёр (kostjór) bonfire
  • Scottish Gaelic: teine
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|ogenj|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|fuego|m}}, {{t+|es|estufa|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|eld|c}}, {{t-|sv|brasa|c}}
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|lửa|xs=Vietnamese}}
  • Welsh: {{t-|cy|tân|xs=Welsh}}
  • West Frisian: fjoer
  • Afrikaans: vuur#Afrikaans|vuur
  • Arabic: {{Arab|حريق|حَرِيق}}
  • Catalan: incendi
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin: (huǒzāi)
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|požar|m}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|požár|m}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|brand|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|brand|m}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|brulego|xs=Esperanto}}, {{t-|eo|incendio|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|incendie|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Feuer|n}}, {{t+|de|Brand|m}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|φωτιά|f|tr=fotiá|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|πυρκαγιά|f|tr=pirkaɣiá|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|eldur|m}}
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|tine|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|incendio|m}}, {{t+|it|rogo|m}}
  • Japanese: 火事 (かじ, káji), 火災 (かさい, kasái)
  • Korean: 큰불 (keunbul), 화재 (hwajae)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|ئاگر|tr=Agir|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latin: {{t-|la|incendium|n}}
  • Malay: kebakaran
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|brann|m}}
  • Polish: {{t-|pl|pożar|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|incêndio|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|пожар|m|tr=požár|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: teine
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|požar|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|incendio|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|brasa|c}}, {{t+|sv|brand|c}}
  • Thai: (phleerng)
  • Vietnamese: vụ cháy
  • Welsh: {{t-|cy|tân|xs=Welsh}}
  • West Frisian: brân
  • Xhosa: umlilo
  • Afrikaans: vuur#Afrikaans|vuur
  • Aramaic:
  • : Syriac: ܢܘܪܐ (nūrā, nūro)
  • : Hebrew: נורא (nūrā, nūro)
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin: (huǒ)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|oheň|m}}
  • Danish: {{t|da|ild|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuur|n}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|feu|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Feuer|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|φωτιά|f|tr=fotiá|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|eldur|m}}
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|tine|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|fuoco|m}}
  • Kurdish:
  • Latvian: uguns
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|ild|m}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|ogień|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fogo|m}}
  • Russian: огонь (ogón’)
  • Scottish Gaelic: teine
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|ogenj|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|fuego|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|eld|c}}
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hỏa|xs=Vietnamese}}
  • Welsh: {{t-|cy|tân|xs=Welsh}}
  • West Frisian: fjoer
  • Xhosa: umlilo
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin: (huǒ)
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuur|n}}
  • Finnish:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|ild|m}}
  • Vietnamese: hỏa
  • Armenian: վառարան (varraran)
  • Bosnian: {{t-|bs|peć|f}}
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|печка|f|tr=pečka|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin: (qǔnuǎnqì)
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|peć|f}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|kamna|n|p}}
  • Danish: {{t|da|ovn|m}}, ildsted
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuur|n}}, {{t|nl|fornuis|n}}, {{t|nl|stoof|f}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|poêle|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Ofen|m}}, {{t-|de|Heizlüfter|m}}, {{t-|de|Heizstrahler|m}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|θερμάστρα|f|tr=thermástra|sc=Grek}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|ofn|m}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|stufa|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|ストーブ|tr=sutōbu|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 화덕 (hwadeok)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|ئاگر|tr=Agir|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latin: {{t-|la|focus|m}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|ovn|m}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|piec|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fogão|m}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|sobă|f}}
  • Russian: печь (peč’)
  • Serbian:
  • : Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|пећ|f|sc=Cyrl}}
  • : Roman: {{t-|sr|peć|f}}
  • Slovak: {{t-|sk|kachle|n}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|peč|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|estufa|f}}, {{t+|es|horno|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|spis|c}}, {{t+|sv|ugn|c}}
  • Turkish:
  • Ukrainian: піч (pič)
  • Welsh: {{t-|cy|stof|xs=Welsh}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vuur|n}}
  • Norwegian: {{t+|no|fyr|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|костёр|m|tr=kostjór|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|ild|m}}
  • Russian: огонь (ogón’)
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|ogenj|m}}
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hỏa lực|xs=Vietnamese}}

Derived terms

Verb

  1. To set (something) on fire.
  2. * 1898 "Then I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heap of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby, led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.
  3. * "You fired the house!" exclaimed Kemp.
  4. * Chapter 20,
  5. *: "Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail—and no doubt it was insured."
  6. To shoot (a gun or other explosive propelled device).
  7. : We will fire our guns at the enemy.
  8. To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
  9. : Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
  10. To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), usually because of the misconduct or poor performance of the employee (as opposed to "make redundant" or "lay off", where the employee’s actions are not the reason for the termination).
  11. : She should fire the employee that stole from the company.
  12. To heat (pottery, ceramic, etc.), usually in a kiln to make the clay nonsoluble or to affix a glaze.
  13. : If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
  14. To cause an action potential in a cell.
  15. : When a neuron fires, it transmits information.


Synonyms


Translations

: See set on fire

  • Bulgarian: стрелям (streljam)
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin: (kāihuǒ)
  • Czech:
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: ,
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: ,
  • German:
  • Hebrew:
  • Dutch:
  • Norwegian:

Derived terms

Category:1000 English basic words Category:Alchemy Category:English ergative verbs

----

Danish

Cardinal number

fire

  1. four


Verb

fire

  1. to slacken, to ease.


Category:Danish verbs

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Norwegian

Cardinal number

fire

  1. four|Four.


Derived terms


Verb

å fire (present tense firer; past tense fira/firet/firte; past participle fira/firet/firt; present participle firende)

  1. slacken, ease.


Category:Norwegian verbs

----

Romanian

Noun

fire

  1. threads, strings


ang:fire ar:fire zh-min-nan:fire da:fire de:fire el:fire es:fire fa:fire fr:fire fy:fire gl:fire ko:fire hy:fire io:fire id:fire it:fire kl:fire kk:fire ku:fire lo:fire lt:fire hu:fire nl:fire ja:fire no:fire nn:fire oc:fire pl:fire pt:fire ru:fire simple:fire fi:fire sv:fire ta:fire te:fire vi:fire tr:fire uk:fire ur:fire zh:fire

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Command \Com*mand"\, n.
1. An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an
injunction.
[1913 Webster]

Awaiting what command their mighty chief
Had to impose. --Milton.
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2. The possession or exercise of authority.
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Command and force may often create, but can never
cure, an aversion. --Locke.
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3. Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the
forces under his command.
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4. Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of
position; scope of vision; survey.
[1913 Webster]

The steepy stand
Which overlooks the vale with wide command.
--Dryden.
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5. Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to
have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has
command of the bridge.
[1913 Webster]

He assumed an absolute command over his readers.
--Dryden.
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6. A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post,
or the whole territory under the authority or control of a
particular officer.
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Word of command (Mil.), a word or phrase of definite and
established meaning, used in directing the movements of
soldiers; as, aim; fire; shoulder arms, etc.

Syn: Control; sway; power; authority; rule; dominion;
sovereignty; mandate; order; injunction; charge; behest.
See Direction.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin
to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri,
f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
Empyrean, Pyre.]
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
the four elements of which all things are composed.
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2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
stove or a furnace.
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3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
[1913 Webster]

4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
[1913 Webster]

5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
consuming violence of temper.
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he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury.
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6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
[1913 Webster]

And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
[1913 Webster]

Stars, hide your fires. --Shak.
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As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires. --Milton.
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8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
[1913 Webster]

9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
exposed to a heavy fire.
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Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.),
compositions of various combustible substances, as
sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
strontium, barium, etc.

Fire alarm
(a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
(b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.

Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be
kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.

Fire balloon.
(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
heated by a fire placed in the lower part.
(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
at a regulated height. --Simmonds.

Fire bar, a grate bar.

Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.

Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.

Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
as if burnt by fire.

Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
the fire.

Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
used for lining fire boxes, etc.

Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished
fires.

Fire bucket. See under Bucket.

Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
[U.S.]

Fire clay. See under Clay.

Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in
extinguishing fires.

Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.

Fire damp. See under Damp.

Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.

Fire drill.
(a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
practice.
(b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
many savage peoples.

Fire eater.
(a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
(b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
[Colloq.]

Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
for throwing water to extinguish fire.

Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
burning buildings.

Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
afterward by heat.

Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
gilding.

Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire;
also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
period.

Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
poker, and shovel.

Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
fire.

Fire master
(Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
composition of fireworks.

Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against
fire.

Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.


Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
red-hot irons. --Abbot.

Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
the receptacle for the priming of a gun.

Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
fires.

Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the
contract of insurance against loss by fire.

Fire pot.
(a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
formerly used as a missile in war.
(b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
furnace.
(c) A crucible.
(d) A solderer's furnace.

Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.

Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
their quarters in case of fire.

Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.

Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.

Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.

Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.

Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
combustion; heating surface.

Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
--Farrow.

Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.

Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by
the American Indians.

Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.

Greek fire. See under Greek.

On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
zealous.

Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
by a line of troops.

St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.

St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.

To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.

To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fire \Fire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fring.]
1. To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney;
to fire a pile.
[1913 Webster]

2. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln;
as, to fire pottery.
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3. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the
soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
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Love had fired my mind. --Dryden.
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4. To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the
genius of a young man.
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5. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
[1913 Webster]

6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
[1913 Webster]

[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
--Shak.
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7. To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge;
as, to fire a rifle, pistol, or cannon; to fire cannon
balls, rockets, etc.
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8. To drive by fire. [Obs.]
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Till my bad angel fire my good one out. --Shak.
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9. (Far.) To cauterize.
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10. to dismiss from employment, a post, or other job; to
cause (a person) to cease being an employee; -- of a
person. The act of firing is usually performed by that
person's supervisor or employer. "You can't fire me! I
quit!"
[PJC]

To fire up,

1. to light up the fires of, as of an engine; also,
figuratively, to start up any machine.

2. to render enthusiastic; -- of people.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fire \Fire\, v. i.
1. To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
[1913 Webster]

2. To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
[1913 Webster]

3. To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the
town.
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To fire up, to grow irritated or angry. "He . . . fired up,
and stood vigorously on his defense." --Macaulay.
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WordNet fire
n 1: the event of something burning (often destructive); "they
lost everything in the fire"
2: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing
heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our
ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: flame, flaming]
3: 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" [syn:
firing]
4: a fireplace in which a fire is burning; "they sat by the
fire and talked"
5: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" [syn: attack, flak, flack,
blast]
6: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great
ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency,
fervidness]
7: once thought to be one of four elements composing the
universe (Empedocles)
8: a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
v 1: start firing a weapon [syn: open fire]
2: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: discharge]
3: bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
4: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary
today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn:
give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, {send
away}, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate]
[ant: hire]
5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: discharge, {go
off}]
6: drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were
fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
7: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit,
enkindle, kindle, evoke, raise, provoke]
8: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: burn, burn down]
9: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel]
Moby Dictionary
abandon , afflatus , afire , aflame , aggressiveness , agitate , aim at ,
air , air-dry , alight , anhydrate , animate , animating spirit ,
animation , animus , annoy , antiaircraft fire , ardency , ardent ,
ardor , arouse , aroused , atom , atomic particles , awake , awaken , ax ,
axe , backfire , bake , balefire , bang , bank , barbecue , barrage ,
baste , beacon , beacon fire , begin , blanch , blast , blast away ,
blast off , blaze , blaze up , blazing , blitz , blot , blow out ,
blow the coals , blow up , boil , bombard , bombardment , bonfire , boot ,
boot out , bounce , bowl , braise , break , brew , broadside , broil ,
brown , brush , brute matter , building block , bump , burn , burning ,
burning ghat , burning pain , burst , bust , calenture , call forth ,
call up , campfire , can , candle , cannon , cannonade , cashier , cast ,
cast at , catapult , chafe , charge , charring , cheerful fire ,
chemical element , childbed fever , chuck , chuck at , chunk , cock ,
coddle , combustion , commence , commence firing , commitment ,
committedness , component , conflagrate , conflagration , constituent ,
continued fever , cook , corposant , cozy fire , crackling fire ,
crematory , cross fire , cure , curry , curtain fire , dart , dash ,
death fire , dedication , defrock , degrade , dehumidify , dehydrate ,
delay , delirium , demote , deplume , depose , deprive , desiccate ,
detonate , devil , devotedness , devotion , devoutness , direct fire ,
disbar , discharge , disemploy , dismiss , displace , displume , dive in ,
divine afflatus , do , do to perfection , drain , drive , drop ,
drum out , dry , dry fire , dynamize , eager , eagerness , earnestness ,
earth , eclat , ecstasy , eject , elan , electric light bulb ,
electric-heat , electrify , element , elementary particle ,
elementary unit , embue , energize , energy , enfilade , enkindle ,
enliven , enlivenment , enrage , enterprise , enthuse , enthusiasm ,
enthusiastic , eruptive fever , evaporate , exalt , excite , excited ,
excitement , exhilarate , exhilaration , expel , explode , exsiccate ,
faith , faithfulness , fall to , fan , fan the fire , fan the flame ,
febricity , febrility , feed , feed the fire , feeling , fell , fen fire ,
ferment , fervency , fervent , fervid , fervidness , fervor , fever ,
fever heat , fever of excitement , feverishness , fidelity , fieriness ,
file fire , fire a volley , fire at , fire of demolition , fire off ,
fire up , fire upon , firepower , fireworks , firing , flack , flak ,
flame , flame up , flaming , flare , flare up , flashing point , flicker ,
flickering flame , fling , fling at , flip , flush , foment ,
forest fire , fork , fox fire , frenzy , fricassee , frizz , frizzle ,
fry , fulminate , fundamental particle , funeral pyre , furlough ,
furor , fury , fusillade , galvanize , gas-heat , genius , get to ,
get-up-and-go , ginger , give the ax , give the gate , glare , glaze ,
glim , glow , go ahead , go off , griddle , grill , ground fire , gun ,
gun for , gunfight , gunfire , gunplay , gusto , hang fire , head into ,
heart , hearten , heartiness , heat , heat up , heatedness , heave ,
heave at , hectic , hectic fever , hectic flush , heighten ,
high-angle fire , hit , holocaust , horizontal fire , hot , hot up ,
hot-air-heat , hot-blooded , hot-water-heat , hurl , hurl against ,
hurl at , hurrah , hurtle , hyle , hyperpyrexia , hyperthermia ,
hypostasis , ignis fatuus , ignite , ignition , illuminant ,
illuminator , imbue , impassion , impassionedness , incandescent body ,
incense , incite , infect , infection , inferno , inflame , inform ,
infuriate , infuse , infusion , ingle , initiative , inject , inoculate ,
insolate , inspiration , inspire , inspired , inspirit , instigate ,
intense , intensify , intensity , intentness , interdiction fire ,
intermittent fever , invigorate , jazz up , jerk , jump off , key up ,
kick ,
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