fire
Meaning
-
- A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- The elements necessary to start a fire.
- The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- (slang) A firearm.
- A barrage, volley
- An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
Concepts
fire
shoot
dismiss
discharge
conflagration
flame
blaze
sack
firewood
light
firing
lay off
burn
expel
remove
ignite
heat
blast
gunfire
go off
throw out
set on fire
kindle
fuel
earth
shooting
fire off
flames
parch
ardour
attack
bonfire
bake
inspire
pull
open fire
send away
broil
roast
release
enthusiasm
passion
give notice
terminate
flak
ardor
fervour
throw
stimulate
burning
campfire
set off
draw
zeal
fry
abandon
give up
neglect
bombardment
loose
explode
sharpshoot
force out
flack
fervor
flaming
let off
match
cheer
fireplace
wood
scorch
hearth
tongue of fire
temper
combustion
firearm
fusillade
drive away
oust
retrench
drag
draught
drawl
haul
tow
tug
twitch
endorse
swerve
transfer
veer
grate
let go
dump
water
verve
gunshot
marksmanship
boil down
hurl
axe
shell
salvo
volley
gun
launch
flash
shelling
shoot off
burn down
arouse
elicit
enkindle
evoke
provoke
raise
can
displace
give the axe
give the sack
fervency
fervidness
drop
cauterize
house fire
send out
fan
set ablaze
blazing
burned
consumed by fire
scorched
singed
firestick
catch fire
cannon
criticism
rap
out
retire
smoke
anneal
make redundant
turn away
log
lighthouse light
lights
traffic light
shot
absent onself
absent onself from
depart
drive off
go away
leave
set going
start
start off
start out
elate
adjourn
chase away
cite
defer
delay
postpone
procrastinate
put off
reflect
relay
repel
resend
send back
send on
shelve
boot out
kick out
bombard
emit
give forth
fly
break wind
hit
chop something off
snip off
pull the trigger
detach
epithet of the sun
light giving
making light
moon
sun
excite
rouse
stir
send
relieve
burst
moonbeam
scintillation
sparkle
fiery
warmth
god of fire
mettle
balefire
exchange fire
alkahest
fever
inflammation
spirit
inflame
animate
heat-resistant
igneous
pop
skirmish
squib
pink-slip
blister
blow up
fire-power
camp fire
big fire
holocaust
candle
cast out
evacuate
vacate
refuse
reject
fire advance
jet
radiate
spout
spurt
glower
dehire
discharge from
dismiss from office
dismissal
give the bounce
layoff
relieve of one’s post
removal
throw out of employment
stir up
urge on
coals
alight
aim
firebrand
live coal
grill
fire a salut
detonate
Bengal
gun down
pip
pump
rocket
shoot down
castigation
commentary
diatribe
grading
notice
reflection
review
break
cashier
cut
decouple
descry
differentiate
disentangle
discriminate
disestablish
disjoin
disperse
dissociate
distinguish
disunite
drum out
excommunicate
isolate
keep apart
key out
know
mark
resolve
secern
secernate
segregate
send down
separate
separate off
separate out
sequester
sequestrate
set apart
severalise
severalize
sunder
tell apart
uncouple
critique
abreact
send off
snap
trigger
trip
crack
whiff
put out
burn off
burn up
cauterise
fritter away
sear
set afire
sting
strike out
tag
torch
urticate
blaze away
ablaze
afire
spinach
watercress
desire
emotion
excitement
eject
can suspend
stove
Agni
family
electricity
set fire to
build a fire
crank
pluck
ignition
turn
fire-producing
collect
pull out
retract
take back
take in
withdraw
shellfire
disemploy
terminate agreement
be given the boot
be given one's cards
be given the elbow
grow furious
begin to see red
fire a shot
battery
spark plug
extinguished
behead
wind
anger
oven
brand
fireside
barrage
battering
tree
blow
smoke tobacco
tobacco
spark
crackling
sacred fire
bitter
malicious
warm
cigarette
steam
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfaɪ.ə/
Etymology
From Middle English fyr, from Old English fȳr (“fire”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from *fuïr, a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”) (compare Saterland Frisian Fjuur, West Frisian fjoer, Dutch vuur, Low German Füer, German Feuer, Danish fyr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. Also, compare Hittite 𒉺𒄴𒄯 (paḫḫur), Umbrian pir, Tocharian A/B por/puwar, Czech pýř (“hot ashes”), Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and Armenian հուր (hur, “fire”). This was an inanimate noun whose animate counterpart was Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis (see ignite). Cognate to pyre.
Cognate with Western Frisian
fjoer
Cognate with Dutch
vuur
Cognate with German
Feuer
Cognate with Dutch
vuren
Cognate with German
feuern
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