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English noun: fire | |||
| 1. | fire (event) the event of something burning (often destructive) | ||
| Samples | They lost everything in the fire. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backfire, balefire, bonfire, brush fire, campfire, conflagration, forest fire, grassfire, inferno, prairie fire, smolder, smoulder, smudge | ||
| 2. | fire (act) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | ||
| Samples | Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes. They retreated in the face of withering enemy fire. | ||
| Synonyms | firing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | antiaircraft fire, artillery fire, barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, broadside, burst, call fire, cannon fire, concentrated fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, cover, covering fire, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, fratricide, friendly fire, fusillade, grazing fire, harassing fire, hostile fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, massed fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, salvo, scheduled fire, searching fire, shelling, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire, volley | ||
| 3. | fire (process) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | ||
| Samples | Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries. | ||
| Synonyms | flame, flaming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | burning, combustion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blaze, blazing, flare, ignition | ||
| 4. | fire (artifact) a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning | ||
| Samples | They sat by the fire and talked. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fireplace, hearth, open fireplace | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cookfire | ||
| 5. | fire (substance) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | element | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| 6. | fire (feeling) feelings of great warmth and intensity | ||
| Samples | He spoke with great ardor. | ||
| Synonyms | ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | passion, passionateness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | zeal | ||
| 7. | fire (substance) fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking | ||
| Samples | Put the kettle on the fire. Barbecue over an open fire. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fuel | ||
| 8. | fire (event) a severe trial | ||
| Samples | He went through fire and damnation. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | trial, tribulation, visitation | ||
| 9. | fire (communication) intense adverse criticism | ||
| Samples | Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party. The government has come under attack. Don't give me any flak. | ||
| Synonyms | attack, blast, flack, flak | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | criticism, unfavorable judgment | ||
English verb: fire | |||
| 1. | fire (competition) start firing a weapon | ||
| Synonyms | open fire | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blast, shoot | ||
| 2. | fire (competition) cause to go off | ||
| Samples | Fire a gun. Fire a bullet. | ||
| Synonyms | discharge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blast, fusillade, let drive, let fly, loose off, pop, shoot | ||
| Cause | discharge, fire, go off | ||
| 3. | fire (change) bake in a kiln so as to harden | ||
| Samples | Fire pottery. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bake | ||
| Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||
| 4. | fire (social) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||
| Samples | The boss fired his secretary today. The company terminated 25% of its workers. | ||
| Synonyms | can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clean out, dismiss, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off, retire, send away, send packing, squeeze out | ||
| Antonyms | hire, employ, engage | ||
| 5. | fire (competition) go off or discharge | ||
| Samples | The gun fired. | ||
| Synonyms | discharge, go off | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| 6. | fire (motion) drive out or away by or as if by fire | ||
| Samples | The soldiers were fired. Surrender fires the cold skepticism. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | ||
| 7. | fire (emotion) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | ||
| Samples | Arouse pity. Raise a smile. Evoke sympathy. | ||
| Synonyms | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anger, ask for, bruise, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike a chord, sweep over, touch a chord, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound | ||
| 8. | fire (change) destroy by fire | ||
| Samples | They burned the house and his diaries. | ||
| Examples | They fire the trees | ||
| Synonyms | burn, burn down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, ruin | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backfire, cremate, scorch, torch | ||
| Verb group | burn, burn, combust, incinerate | ||
| 9. | fire (possession) provide with fuel | ||
| Samples | Oil fires the furnace. | ||
| Synonyms | fuel | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
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