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- English Word Fire Definition The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
- English Word Fire Definition Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
- English Word Fire Definition The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
- English Word Fire Definition Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
- English Word Fire Definition Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.
- English Word Fire Definition Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
- English Word Fire Definition Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
- English Word Fire Definition Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
- English Word Fire Definition The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.
- English Word Fire Definition To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
- English Word Fire Definition To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.
- English Word Fire Definition To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
- English Word Fire Definition To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
- English Word Fire Definition To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
- English Word Fire Definition To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- English Word Fire Definition To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
- English Word Fire Definition To drive by fire.
- English Word Fire Definition To cauterize.
- English Word Fire Definition To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
- English Word Fire Definition To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
- English Word Fire Definition To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
- English Word Fire beetle Definition A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly.
- English Word Fire-fanged Definition Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.
- English Word Fire-new Definition Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.
- English Word Fire-set Definition A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.
- English Word Firearm Definition A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
- English Word Fireback Definition One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.
- English Word Fireball Definition A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.
- English Word Fireball Definition A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.
- English Word Firebare Definition A beacon.