fire
1. the event of something burning (often destructive) (Freq. 43)
- they lost everything in the fire
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
• Hyponyms:
backfire, bonfire, balefire, brush fire, campfire,
conflagration, inferno, forest fire, grassfire, prairie fire, smoulder,
smolder, smudge
2. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy (Freq. 18)
- hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
- they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
• Syn:
firing
• Derivationally related forms:
fire (for: firing)
• Hypernyms:
attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
• Hyponyms:
antiaircraft fire, barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment,
shelling, broadside, fusillade, salvo, volley, burst,
call fire, cover, covering fire, concentrated fire, massed fire, counterfire,
counterpreparation fire, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, friendly fire,
fratricide, hostile fire, grazing fire, harassing fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire,
neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, scheduled fire,
searching fire, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire, artillery fire, cannon fire
3. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke (Freq. 7)
- fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
• Syn:
flame, flaming
• Derivationally related forms:
flame (for: flaming), flame (for: flame), fiery
• Hypernyms:
combustion, burning
• Hyponyms:
blaze, blazing, flare, ignition
4. a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning (Freq. 4)
- they sat by the fire and talked
• Hypernyms:
fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
• Hyponyms:
cookfire
5. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) (Freq. 3)
• Usage Domain:
archaism, archaicism
• Hypernyms:
element
6. feelings of great warmth and intensity (Freq. 3)
- he spoke with great ardor
• Syn:
ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fervidness
• Derivationally related forms:
fervid (for: fervidness), fiery, fervent (for: fervency)
• Hypernyms:
passion, passionateness
• Hyponyms:
zeal
7. fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- put the kettle on the fire
- barbecue over an open fire
• Hypernyms:
fuel
8. a severe trial
- he went through fire and damnation
• Hypernyms:
trial, tribulation, visitation
9. intense adverse criticism
- Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
- the government has come under attack
- don't give me any flak
• Syn:
attack, flak, flack, blast
• Derivationally related forms:
attack (for: attack)
• Hypernyms:
criticism, unfavorable judgment
1. start firing a weapon (Freq. 30)
• Syn:
open fire
• Derivationally related forms:
firing
• Hypernyms:
blast, shoot
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. cause to go off (Freq. 16)
- fire a gun
- fire a bullet
• Syn:
discharge
• Derivationally related forms:
discharge (for: discharge), firing
• Hyponyms:
pop, loose off, let fly, let drive, blast,
shoot, fusillade
• Cause:
discharge, go off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. bake in a kiln so as to harden (Freq. 10)
- fire pottery
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
bake
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. terminate the employment of;
discharge from an office or position (Freq. 7)
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
displace, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe,
send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sack), sacking (for: sack), dismissible (for: dismiss), dismission (for: dismiss), dismissal (for: dismiss), firing
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the axe)
5. go off or discharge (Freq. 5)
- The gun fired
• Syn:
discharge, go off
• Derivationally related forms:
discharge (for: discharge)
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
6. drive out or away by or as if by fire (Freq. 1)
- The soldiers were fired
- Surrender fires the cold skepticism
• Hypernyms:
chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel,
drive off, run off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
7. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) (Freq. 1)
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
• Syn:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
raise, provoke
• Derivationally related forms:
provocative (for: provoke), provocation (for: provoke), evocative (for: evoke), evocation (for: evoke), elicitation (for: elicit), arousal (for: arouse)
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Hyponyms:
strike a chord, touch a chord, invite, ask for, draw,
rekindle, infatuate, prick, inflame, stir up, wake,
ignite, heat, fire up, stimulate, shake, shake up,
excite, stir, anger, upset, discompose, untune,
disconcert, discomfit, shame, hurt, wound, injure,
bruise, offend, spite, overwhelm, overpower, sweep over,
whelm, overcome, overtake, interest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. destroy by fire (Freq. 1)
- They burned the house and his diaries
• Syn:
burn, burn down
• Derivationally related forms:
burnable (for: burn), burn (for: burn)
• Hypernyms:
destroy, ruin
• Hyponyms:
backfire, cremate, torch, scorch
• Verb Group:
burn, combust, incinerate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- They fire the trees
9. provide with fuel
- Oil fires the furnace
• Syn:
fuel
• Derivationally related forms:
fuel (for: fuel)
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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