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fire

fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)

1. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
   • (Can we date this quote?) 1898 ""Then I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heap of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby, led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.
   • (Can we date this quote?) ""You fired the house!"" exclaimed Kemp.
   • 1897, H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man Chapter 20,

     ""Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail—and no doubt it was insured.""

   • 1907, Jack London, The Iron Heel

     It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.

2. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.

   If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.

   They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.

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 or poor performance).
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 226:

     The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’ [...].

5. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something).

   We will fire our guns at the enemy.

   He fired his radar gun at passing cars.

6. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.

   Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

   His nail gun fired about twenty roofing nails a minute.

7. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
   • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, BBC:

     Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.

8. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.

   When a neuron fires, it transmits information.

9. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).

   He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.

fire (countable and uncountable; plural fires)

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) Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.

   We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.

3. (countable) The often accidental occurrence of fire in a certain place leading to its full or partial destruction.

   There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.

   During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.

4. (uncountable, alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
5. (China, India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
6. (countable, UK) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
7. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.

   The fire was laid and needed to be lit.

8. (uncountable) The in-flight bullets or other projectiles shot from a gun.

   The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.

9. (countable) A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to fire a weapon.

fire

1. (cardinal) Four.

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