fires

fire[ fairz ]

• n.
  • the event of something burning (often destructive)

    "they lost everything in the fire"

  • the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

    "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

    同义词：flameflaming

  • 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"

    同义词：firing

  • a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

    "they sat by the fire and talked"

  • intense adverse criticism

    "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"

    同义词：attackflakflackblast

  • feelings of great warmth and intensity

    同义词：ardorardourfervorfervourfervencyfervidness

  • once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
  • a severe trial

    "he went through fire and damnation"

• v.
  • start firing a weapon

    同义词：open fire

  • cause to go off

    "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"

    同义词：discharge

  • bake in a kiln so as to harden

    "fire pottery"

  • terminate the employment of

    "The boss fired his secretary today"

    同义词：give noticecandismissgive the axesend awaysackforce outgive the sackterminate

  • go off or discharge

    "The gun fired"

    同义词：dischargego off

  • 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)

    同义词：arouseelicitenkindlekindleevokeraiseprovoke

  • destroy by fire

    同义词：burnburn down

  • provide with fuel

    "Oil fires the furnace"

    同义词：fuel