fire

Meanings

• the event of something burning (often destructive)
  • "they lost everything in the fire"
• 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"
• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
  • "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
• a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
  • "they sat by the fire and talked"
• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
• feelings of great warmth and intensity
• fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
  • "put the kettle on the fire"
  • "barbecue over an open fire"
• a severe trial
  • "he went through fire and damnation"
• intense adverse criticism
  • "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
• start firing a weapon
• cause to go off
  • "fire a gun"
  • "fire a bullet"
• bake in a kiln so as to harden
  • "fire pottery"
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • "The boss fired his secretary today"
• go off or discharge
  • "The gun fired"
• drive out or away by or as if by fire
  • "The soldiers were fired"
  • "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• destroy by fire
• provide with fuel
  • "Oil fires the furnace"

Synonyms

ardor, ardour, arouse, attack, blast, burn, burn down, can, discharge, dismiss, displace, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, firing, flack, flak, flame, flaming, force out, fuel, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, go off, kindle, open fire, provoke, raise, sack, send away, terminate