fire
What is the Definition of fire?
Noun:
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often)
- a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- a severe trial
- intense adverse criticism
Verb:
- start firing a weapon
- cause to go off
- bake in a kiln so as to harden
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- go off or discharge
- drive out or away by or as if by fire
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- destroy by fire
- provide with fuel
- generate an electrical impulse
- become ignited
- start or maintain a fire in
How can I use fire in a sentence?
Once, he thought he saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see if it was a dragon, but too late — they plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the ceiling and floor.
He put the bottle down and walked forward; he braced himself, saw the black flames licking his body, but could not feel them — for a moment he could see nothing but dark fire — then he was on the other side, in the last chamber.
He sat down, stared into the fire for a few seconds, and then said, It begins, I suppose, with — with a person called — but it is incredible yeh do not know his name, everyone in our world knows — Who?
The day before Harry's first Quidditch match the three of them were out in the freezing courtyard during break, and she had conjured them up a bright blue fire that could be carried around in a jam jar.
Then, cold, wet, and gasping for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing spectacularly to Ron.
Other meanings of fire (synonyms, cognates).
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| firearm |
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| fireball |
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| firebird |
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| firebox |
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| firebrand |
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| firebug |
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| firefighter |
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| firefly |
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| firehouse |
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| fireman |
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| fireplace |
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| fireplug |
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| firepower |
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| fireproof |
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| fires |
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| fireside |
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| firestone |
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| firewood |
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