(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; 'they sat by the fire and talked'.
(noun.) intense adverse criticism; 'Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party'; 'the government has come under attack'; 'don't give me any flak'.
(noun.) the event of something burning (often destructive); 'they lost everything in the fire'.
(noun.) a severe trial; 'he went through fire and damnation'.
(noun.) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; 'fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries'.
(noun.) fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; 'put the kettle on the fire'; 'barbecue over an open fire'.
(noun.) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles).
(verb.) bake in a kiln so as to harden; 'fire pottery'.
(verb.) cause to go off; 'fire a gun'; 'fire a bullet'.
(verb.) go off or discharge; 'The gun fired'.
(verb.) drive out or away by or as if by fire; 'The soldiers were fired'; 'Surrender fires the cold skepticism'.
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