| Fire 1. (n.) The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. 2. (n.) Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace. 3. (n.) The burning of a house or town; a conflagration. 4. (n.) Anything which destroys or affects like fire. 5. (n.) Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper. 6. (n.) Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal. 7. (n.) Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star. 8. (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction. 9. (n.) The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire. 10. (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile. 11. (v. t.) To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery. 12. (v. t.) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge. 13. (v. t.) To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man. 14. (v. t.) To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler. 15. (v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate. 16. (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to discharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc. 17. (v. t.) To drive by fire. 18. (v. t.) To cauterize. 19. (v. i.) To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle. 20. (v. i.) To be irritated or inflamed with passion. 21. (v. i.) To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town. Thesaurus Entries abandon, afflatus, afire, aflame, aggressiveness, agitate, aim at, air, air-dry, alight, anhydrate, animate, animating spirit, animation, animus, annoy, antiaircraft fire, ardency, ardent, ardor, arouse, aroused, atom, atomic particles, awake, awaken, ax, axe, backfire, bake, balefire, bang, bank, barbecue, barrage, baste, beacon, beacon fire, begin, blanch, blast, blast away, blast off, blaze, blaze up, blazing, blitz, blot, blow out, blow the coals, blow up, boil, bombard, bombardment, bonfire, boot, boot out, bounce, bowl, braise, break, brew, broadside, broil, brown, brush, brute matter, building block, bump, burn, burning, burning ghat, burning pain, burst, bust, calenture, call forth, call up, campfire, can, candle, cannon, cannonade, cashier, cast, cast at, catapult, chafe, charge, charring, cheerful fire, chemical element, childbed fever, chuck, chuck at, chunk, cock, coddle, combustion, commence, commence firing, commitment, committedness, component, conflagrate, conflagration, constituent, continued fever, cook, corposant, cozy fire, crackling fire, crematory, cross fire, cure, curry, curtain fire, dart, dash, death fire, dedication, defrock, degrade, dehumidify, dehydrate, delay, delirium, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, desiccate, detonate, devil, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, direct fire, disbar, discharge, disemploy, dismiss, displace, displume, dive in, divine afflatus, do, do to perfection, drain, drive, drop, drum out, dry, dry fire, dynamize, eager, eagerness, earnestness, earth, eclat, ecstasy, eject, elan, electric light bulb, electric-heat, electrify, element, elementary particle, elementary unit, embue, energize, energy, enfilade, enkindle, enliven, enlivenment, enrage, enterprise, enthuse, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, eruptive fever, evaporate, exalt, excite, excited, excitement, exhilarate, exhilaration, expel, explode, exsiccate, faith, faithfulness, fall to, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, febricity, febrility, feed, feed the fire, feeling, fell, fen fire, ferment, fervency, fervent, fervid, fervidness, fervor, fever, fever heat, fever of excitement, feverishness, fidelity, fieriness, file fire, fire a volley, fire at, fire of demolition, fire off, fire up, fire upon, firepower, fireworks, firing, flack, flak, flame, flame up, flaming, flare, flare up, flashing point, flicker, flickering flame, fling, fling at, flip, flush, foment, forest fire, fork, fox fire, frenzy, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, fulminate, fundamental particle, funeral pyre, furlough |