Noun

• S: (n) fire (the event of something burning (often destructive)) "they lost everything in the fire"
• S: (n) fire, firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy) "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
• S: (n) fire, flame, flaming (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke) "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
• S: (n) fire (a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning) "they sat by the fire and talked"
• S: (n) fire (once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles))
• S: (n) ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness (feelings of great warmth and intensity) "he spoke with great ardor"
• S: (n) fire (fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking) "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire"
• S: (n) fire (a severe trial) "he went through fire and damnation"
• S: (n) fire, attack, flak, flack, blast (intense adverse criticism) "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"

Verb

• S: (v) open fire, fire (start firing a weapon)
• S: (v) fire, discharge (cause to go off) "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
• S: (v) fire (bake in a kiln so as to harden) "fire pottery"
• S: (v) displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position) "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
• S: (v) fire, discharge, go off (go off or discharge) "The gun fired"
• S: (v) fire (drive out or away by or as if by fire) "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
• S: (v) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)) "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
• S: (v) burn, fire, burn down (destroy by fire) "They burned the house and his diaries"
• S: (v) fuel, fire (provide with fuel) "Oil fires the furnace"
• S: (v) fire (generate an electrical impulse) "the neurons fired fast"
• S: (v) fire, flame up (become ignited) "The furnace wouldn't fire"
• S: (v) fire, light, ignite (start or maintain a fire in) "fire the furnace"