FIRE
Definition of FIRE
- (verb)start firing a weapon
- (verb)cause to go off
- (verb)bake in a kiln so as to harden
- (verb)terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- (verb)go off or discharge
- (verb)drive out or away by or as if by fire
- (verb)call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- (verb)destroy by fire
- (verb)provide with fuel
- (verb)generate an electrical impulse
- (verb)become ignited
- (verb)start or maintain a fire in
- (noun)the event of something burning (often destructive)
- (noun)the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- (noun)the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- (noun)a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- (noun)once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile
- (noun)feelings of great warmth and intensity
- (noun)fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- (noun)a severe trial
- (noun)intense adverse criticism