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Welcome! Today is Sunday,
December 15th, 2019 |
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1. fire (noun) 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" Also known as: firing More Specific: antiaircraft fire - firing at enemy aircraft 2. fire (noun) a fireplace in which a fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked" 3. fire (noun) intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak" 4. fire (noun) the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire" More Specific: bonfire / balefire - a large outdoor fire 5. fire (noun) a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation" 6. fire (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" 7. fire (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries" 8. fire (noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) Category: archaism / archaicism 9. fire (verb) bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" Category: cooking / cookery / preparation 10. fire (verb) destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" More Specific: backfire - set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire 11. fire (verb) cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" Also known as: discharge Cause: fire discharge go off More Specific: pop - fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise 12. fire (verb) go off or discharge; "The gun fired" 13. fire (verb) start firing a weapon Also known as: open fire 14. fire (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" More Specific: strike a chord / touch a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion 15. fire (verb) drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" 16. fire (verb) provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" Also known as: fuel 17. fire (verb) terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" Also known as: give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate More Specific: retire - make (someone) retire |