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FIRE (disambiguation)

fire         
  • A [[candle]]'s [[flame]]
  • coal-fired power station]] in China
  • The balanced chemical equation for the [[combustion]] of [[methane]], a [[hydrocarbon]]
  • Bushman starting a fire in [[Namibia]]
  • An abandoned convent on fire in [[Quebec]]
  • The fire [[tetrahedron]]
  • A [[controlled burn]] in the [[Northwest Territories]], showing variations in the flame color due to temperature. The hottest parts near the ground appear yellowish-white, while the cooler upper parts appear red.
  • cauldron]] above fire in [[South Africa]]
  • ISS]]
RAPID OXIDATION OF A MATERIAL; PHENOMENON THAT EMITS LIGHT AND HEAT
Firetending; Fire energy; Rapid oxidation; Fire damage; Open flame; 🔥; Causes of fire; Fiery; Firee; Fires
I
n.
destructive burning
1) to set, start a fire; to set fire to (they set fire to the barn)
2) to catch fire (the house caught fire)
3) to contain; extinguish, put out; stamp out a fire; to bring a fire under control
4) a raging, roaring fire
5) a brush; electrical; forest fire
6) a fire breaks out; burns; goes out; smoulders; spreads (the fire burned out of control for two hours)
7) on fire (the house was on fire)
burning, combustion
8) to build, kindle, light, make a fire; to strike fire
9) to fuel; poke, stir; stoke a fire
10) to bank; douse, extinguish, put out a fire
11) a fire burns
12) (misc.) the fire is out; the glow of a fire
shooting
13) to commence, open fire (to open fire on the enemy)
14) to exchange fire (with the enemy)
15) to call down fire on
16) to attract, draw fire
17) to cease fire (cease fire!); to hold one's fire
18) concentrated, fierce, heavy, murderous; cross; harassing; hostile; incoming; interdictory; rapid fire
19) artillery; automatic; machine-gun; rifle; semiautomatic; small-arms fire
20) under fire (also fig.)
21) (misc.) the baptism of fire
misc.
22) to play with fire ('to take a risk'); to fight fire with fire ('to use extreme measures as a counterattack'); to set the Thames (BE)/the world on fire ('to be very successful')
II
v.
1) to fire point-blank
2) (B) the quarterback fired a pass to an end
3) (D; intr., tr.) to fire at (he fired at me; he fired his pistol at me)
4) (D; intr., tr.) to fire into (to fire into the air; to fire into a crowd)
fire         
  • A [[candle]]'s [[flame]]
  • coal-fired power station]] in China
  • The balanced chemical equation for the [[combustion]] of [[methane]], a [[hydrocarbon]]
  • Bushman starting a fire in [[Namibia]]
  • An abandoned convent on fire in [[Quebec]]
  • The fire [[tetrahedron]]
  • A [[controlled burn]] in the [[Northwest Territories]], showing variations in the flame color due to temperature. The hottest parts near the ground appear yellowish-white, while the cooler upper parts appear red.
  • cauldron]] above fire in [[South Africa]]
  • ISS]]
RAPID OXIDATION OF A MATERIAL; PHENOMENON THAT EMITS LIGHT AND HEAT
Firetending; Fire energy; Rapid oxidation; Fire damage; Open flame; 🔥; Causes of fire; Fiery; Firee; Fires
I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM
(fires, firing, fired)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Please look at category 13 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1.
Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things that are burning.
They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky...
Many students were trapped by smoke and fire on an upper floor.
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2.
Fire or a fire is an occurrence of uncontrolled burning which destroys buildings, forests, or other things.
87 people died in a fire at the Happy Land Social Club...
A forest fire is sweeping across portions of north Maine this evening...
Much of historic Rennes was destroyed by fire in 1720.
N-VAR
3.
A fire is a burning pile of wood, coal, or other fuel that you make, for example to use for heat, light, or cooking.
There was a fire in the grate...
After the killing, he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence.
N-COUNT
4.
A fire is a device that uses electricity or gas to give out heat and warm a room. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use heater
)
The gas fire was still alight...
N-COUNT: oft n N
5.
When a pot or clay object is fired, it is heated at a high temperature in a special oven, as part of the process of making it.
After the pot is dipped in this mixture, it is fired...
VERB: be V-ed
6.
When the engine of a motor vehicle fires, an electrical spark is produced which causes the fuel to burn and the engine to work.
The engine fired and we moved off.
VERB: V
7.
If you fire someone with enthusiasm, you make them feel very enthusiastic. If you fire someone's imagination, you make them feel interested and excited.
...the potential to fire the imagination of an entire generation...
It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion...
Both his grandfathers were fired with an enthusiasm for public speaking...
VERB: V n, V n with n, be V-ed with n
8.
You can use fire to refer in an approving way to someone's energy and enthusiasm.
I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire...
= passion
N-UNCOUNT [approval]
9.
If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
The aircraft caught fire soon after take-off.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If something is on fire, it is burning and being damaged or destroyed by an uncontrolled fire.
The captain radioed that the ship was on fire.
= burning
PHRASE: v-link PHR
11.
If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
Schulte warned government and industrial leaders that those who even venture to think about mass layoffs are playing with fire.
PHRASE: V inflects
12.
If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.
They set fire to vehicles outside that building...
Lightning set several buildings on fire.
PHRASE: V inflects
13.
to have irons on the fire: see iron
like a house on fire: see house
there's no smoke without fire: see smoke
II. SHOOTING OR ATTACKING
(fires, firing, fired)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Please look at category 13 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1.
If someone fires a gun or a bullet, or if they fire, a bullet is sent from a gun that they are using.
Seven people were wounded when soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds...
The gun was fired and Beaton was wounded a second time...
Seventeen people were killed when security forces fired on demonstrators...
They were firing. I screamed at them to stop.
VERB: V n, V n, V on n, V
• firing
The firing continued even while the protestors were fleeing.
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2.
You can use fire to refer to the shots fired from a gun or guns.
His car was raked with fire from automatic weapons...
The two were reportedly killed in an exchange of fire during a police raid.
= gunfire
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3.
If you fire an arrow, you send it from a bow.
He fired an arrow into a clearing in the forest.
= shoot
VERB: V n
4.
If you fire questions at someone, you ask them a lot of questions very quickly, one after another.
They were bombarded by more than 100 representatives firing questions on pollution.
VERB: V n
5.
If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute...
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
Devereux ordered his men to hold their fire until the ships got closer.
PHRASE: V inflects
7.
If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
Observers reckon the Bank of England will hold fire until nearer the Budget.
= hold back
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
If you are in the line of fire, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. If you move into their line of fire, you move into a position between them and the thing they were aiming at.
He cheerfully blows away any bad guy stupid enough to get in his line of fire...
The man and his son had been pushed into the line of fire by their captors.
PHRASE
9.
If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
Then without warning, the troops opened fire on the crowd.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR on n
10.
If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
The soldiers returned fire after being attacked.
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
If you come under fire or are under fire, someone starts shooting at you.
The Belgians fell back as the infantry came under fire.
PHRASE: usu v PHR, v-link PHR
12.
If you come under fire from someone or are under fire, they criticize you strongly.
The president's plan first came under fire from critics who said he hadn't included enough spending cuts.
PHRASE: usu v PHR, v-link PHR
13.
to fire from the hip: see hip
III. DISMISSAL
(fires, firing, fired)
If an employer fires you, they dismiss you from your job.
If he hadn't been so good at the rest of his job, I probably would have fired him...
She was sent a box of chocolates along with a letter saying she was fired.
= sack
VERB: V n, V n
• firing
There was yet another round of firings.
N-COUNT
fire         
  • A [[candle]]'s [[flame]]
  • coal-fired power station]] in China
  • The balanced chemical equation for the [[combustion]] of [[methane]], a [[hydrocarbon]]
  • Bushman starting a fire in [[Namibia]]
  • An abandoned convent on fire in [[Quebec]]
  • The fire [[tetrahedron]]
  • A [[controlled burn]] in the [[Northwest Territories]], showing variations in the flame color due to temperature. The hottest parts near the ground appear yellowish-white, while the cooler upper parts appear red.
  • cauldron]] above fire in [[South Africa]]
  • ISS]]
RAPID OXIDATION OF A MATERIAL; PHENOMENON THAT EMITS LIGHT AND HEAT
Firetending; Fire energy; Rapid oxidation; Fire damage; Open flame; 🔥; Causes of fire; Fiery; Firee; Fires
Very cool or the best; something that is very pleasing.
That party was fire!

Wikipedia

FIRE

FIRE or F.I.R.E. may stand for:

  • FIRE economy, a segment of the stock market: Finance, Insurance, Real Estate
  • FIRE movement, a lifestyle movement: Financial Independence, Retire Early
  • Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), a rare form of epilepsy
  • Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals, a network of Reformed Baptist churches
  • Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters, a proposed spacecraft mission to Jupiter's moon Io
  • Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (formerly Foundation for Individual Rights in Education), a civil liberties organization in the US
  • Fully Integrated Robotised Engine, a series of engines produced by Fiat
  • Future Internet Research and Experimentation, a program funded by the European Union
  • FIRE (Maltese band), a rock band founded in 1998
  • F.I.R.E., a 1991 shoot-em-up game developed by the Slovakian company Ultrasoft
  • F.I.R.E. (Free Inspiring Rising Elements), a Hmong and Lao performance group with May Lee-Yang
  • "F-I-R-E", a 2013 single by the American Christian group Press Play
  • Future in Reverse (FIRE), a performance group founded by composer Huang Ruo
  • Future Investors in Real Estate (F.I.R.E.), a student organization at Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts, US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRE
Pronunciation examples for fire
1. And I'm yelling out, "Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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2. Prepare to fire. Fire.
The Departed (2006)
3. Fire, fire, fuego, fuego.
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4. Prepare to fire. Fire.
The Departed (2006)
5. suppressing fire, having fire,
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Examples of use of fire
1. Fire victims faulted the local fire department for being unprepared for a major fire.
2. "(It) depends on how much fire, what kind of fire, where the fire is.
3. SWEPCO said ‘Yeah, the fire department has a fire.‘ The dispatcher told them, ‘No it‘s the fire station on fire!‘" Pruitt said.
4. Two fire crews attended the scene and extinguished the fire.
5. The Sunday fire was the fourth deadly fire since April.
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