fire

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. (countable) 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).
3. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
4. (uncountable) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
5. (British, countable) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
6. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
7. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
8. (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
9. (countable, slang) A firearm.
10. (countable, figuratively) A barrage, volley
11. (countable, uncountable) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
12. (countable, uncountable) Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
13. (countable, uncountable) Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
14. (countable, uncountable) Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
15. (countable, uncountable) A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
16. (countable, uncountable) Red coloration in a piece of opal.
17. (countable, uncountable) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.

Adj

Amazing; excellent.

Verb

1. (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
2. (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
3. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
4. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
5. (broadly, transitive) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
6. (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
7. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
8. To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
9. (transitive) To set off an explosive in a mine.
10. (transitive) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
11. (intransitive) To cause an action potential in a cell.
12. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
13. (ambitransitive) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
14. (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
15. (dated, intransitive) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
16. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
17. To feed or serve the fire of.
18. (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
19. (transitive) To cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).
20. (dated, intransitive) To catch fire; to be kindled.
21. (dated, intransitive) To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train.
22. (slang, usually) To start (an engine).
23. (intransitive) Of a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.

Intj

Command to shoot with firearms.

Opposite of

hire

Synonyms

shoot

dismiss

discharge

conflagration

flame

blaze

sack

firewood

light

firing

burn

lay off

expel

remove

ignite

heat

blast

kindle

gunfire

go off

fuel

earth

set on fire

throw out

ardour

inspire

flames

bake

bonfire

parch

attack

👊

fire off

shooting

stimulate

terminate

ardor

enthusiasm

campfire

throw

send away

burning

flak

broil

give notice

roast

passion

pull

release

fervour

open fire

Translations

feu

🔥

fuego

🔥

Feuer

🔥

fuoco

🔥

fogo

🔥

incendie

🔥

φωτιά

vuur

🔥

ignis

🔥

foc

🔥

feuern

🔥

incendio

🔥

Brand

🔥

disparar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaɪ.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fyr

Inherited from Old English: fȳr

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Fjuur

Cognate with Western Frisian: fjoer

Cognate with Dutch: vuur

Cognate with Low German: Füer

Cognate with German: Feuer

Cognate with Danish: fyr

Cognate with Hittite: 𒉺𒄴𒄯

Cognate with Umbrian: pir

Cognate with Czech: pýř

Cognate with Armenian: հուր

Inherited from Middle English: firen

Inherited from Old English: fȳrian

Cognate with Old Frisian: fioria

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: fjuurje

Cognate with Middle Dutch: vûren

Cognate with Dutch: vuren

Cognate with Old High German: fiuren

Cognate with German: feuern

In summary

From Middle English fyr, from Old English fȳr (“fire”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from *fuïr, a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.
See also Saterland Frisian Fjuur, West Frisian fjoer, Dutch vuur, Low German Füer, German Feuer, Danish fyr. Also, compare Hittite 𒉺𒄴𒄯 (paḫḫur), Umbrian pir, Tocharian A/B por/puwar, Czech pýř (“hot ashes”), Russian пуры́нь (purýnʹ), 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.

Sentences

There was no fire fight .

His car caught fire and he suffered burns .

No doubt the impact had caused a flash of fire .

The screen before the fire kept in the sparks .

When the carpet and the curtains caught fire , it was getting warm .

Take that fire extinguisher and put out the fire !