fire

fire is a 4-letter English word with 39 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 39 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
2. noun. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
3. noun. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
4. noun. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
5. noun. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.
6. noun. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
7. noun. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
8. noun. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
9. noun. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.
10. transitive verb. To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
11. transitive verb. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.
12. transitive verb. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
13. transitive verb. To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
14. transitive verb. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
15. transitive verb. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
16. transitive verb. To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
17. transitive verb. To drive by fire.
18. transitive verb. To cauterize.
19. intransitive verb. To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
20. intransitive verb. To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
21. intransitive verb. To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
22. 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"

    Synonyms: firing

23. noun. a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

    "they sat by the fire and talked"

24. noun. intense adverse criticism

    "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"

    "the government has come under attack"

    Synonyms: attack, blast, flack, flak

25. noun. the event of something burning (often destructive)

    "they lost everything in the fire"

26. noun. a severe trial

    "he went through fire and damnation"

27. noun. feelings of great warmth and intensity

    "he spoke with great ardor"

    Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour

28. noun. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

    "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

    Synonyms: flame, flaming

29. noun. fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking

    "put the kettle on the fire"

    "barbecue over an open fire"

30. noun. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
31. verb. bake in a kiln so as to harden

    "fire pottery"

32. verb. destroy by fire

    "They burned the house and his diaries"

    Synonyms: burn

33. verb. cause to go off

    "fire a gun"

    "fire a bullet"

    Synonyms: discharge

34. verb. go off or discharge

    "The gun fired"

    Synonyms: discharge

35. verb. start firing a weapon
36. verb. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

    "arouse pity"

    "raise a smile"

    Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise

37. verb. drive out or away by or as if by fire

    "The soldiers were fired"

    "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

38. verb. provide with fuel

    "Oil fires the furnace"

    Synonyms: fuel

39. verb. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

    "The boss fired his secretary today"

    "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

    Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, sack, terminate

Synonyms

firing, attack, blast, flack, flak, ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, flame, flaming, burn, discharge, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise, fuel, can

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fire:

reif, rife

Common word forms

fired, firer, fires, firees, firing, fireable, fireless

Words from these letters

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