FIRE

Definition of FIRE

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