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fire /fīr/

noun
  1. A substance formerly reckoned to be one of the four principal elements out of which all living things were made
  2. The heat and light of burning
  3. A mass of burning matter, such as fuel in a grate
  4. Flame or incandescence
  5. A conflagration
  6. The discharging of a firearm
  7. Fuel
  8. A heating apparatus
  9. Heat or light from sources other than burning
  10. Lightning (poetic)
  11. Volcanic or subterranean heat
  12. Great heat
  13. The heat of fever or inflammation
  14. Glowing appearance
  15. A sparkle of light
  16. Discharge of firearms (also figurative)
  17. Enthusiasm
  18. Ardour
  19. Passion
  20. Spirited vigour or animation
  21. Refraction of light in a gemstone
transitive verb
  1. To ignite
  2. To cause to explode
  3. To expose to heat
  4. To bake (pottery)
  5. To cauterize (farriery)
  6. To fuel
  7. To affect as if by fire
  8. To discharge (a firearm)
  9. To send or direct (eg questions) forcefully or rapidly, as if from a firearm
  10. To launch (a missile)
  11. To drive out
  12. To dismiss (from employment, etc)
  13. To inflame
  14. To animate
  15. To rouse to passion of any kind
intransitive verb
  1. To catch fire
  2. To shoot with firearms
  3. To become inflamed
  4. To break out in anger
  5. To make a fast, direct shot aimed merely at displacing an opponent's bowls (bowls)
  6. (of a car, engine, etc) to start
ORIGIN: OE fȳr; Ger Feuer; Gr pȳr

fired adjective

  1. Affected, or having the appearance of having been affected, with fire
  2. Baked (pottery)
  3. Ignited
  4. Kindled
  5. Discharged

fireˈless adjective

firˈer noun

A person who fires, in any sense

firˈing noun

  1. Ignition
  2. Discharge of guns, etc
  3. Simultaneous ringing of a peal of bells
  4. Fuelling
  5. Firewood
  6. Fuel
  7. Cautery
  8. Injury by overheating
  9. Subjection to heat

fire alarm noun

  1. An apparatus for giving warning of fire
  2. A warning of fire

fire ant noun

A tropical American ant that inflicts a painful sting

fireˈarm noun

A weapon discharged by explosion (usu in pl)

fireˈ-arrow noun

A dart or arrow with an ignitable head

fireˈback noun

  1. A red-backed Sumatran pheasant
  2. The back wall of a fireplace
  3. An ornamental plate of iron placed there

fireˈball noun

  1. A burning meteor, a bolide
  2. Ball lightning
  3. An incendiary or illuminating projectile
  4. A flaming ball of burning gases
  5. The luminous sphere of hot gases at the centre of a nuclear explosion
  6. A lively energetic person (informal)

fireˈ-balloon noun

  1. A balloon carrying fire and raised by the heating and rarefaction of air
  2. A balloon discharging fireworks in the air

fireˈ-bar noun

  1. A bar of a fire-grate
  2. A heating element in an electric radiator

fireˈ-basket noun

A portable fire-grate, a brazier

fireˈ-bird noun

The Baltimore oriole, or other bird of orange and red plumage

fire blanket noun

A blanket of non-flammable material for extinguishing small fires

fireˈ-blast noun

A blight of hops, due to a mite, giving a scorched appearance

fireˈ-blight noun

A bacterial disease of fruit trees, giving a scorched appearance

fireˈbomb noun

An incendiary bomb

transitive verb

To attack with incendiary bombs

fireˈbombing noun

fireˈ-bote noun (historical)

A tenant's right to cut wood for fuel

fireˈbox noun

A chamber for the fire in a steam engine, etc

fireˈbrand noun

  1. A burning piece of wood
  2. An energetic person
  3. A person who stirs up trouble

fireˈbrat noun

A small insect found in bakehouses and other warm places

fireˈbreak noun

A strip of land kept clear to stop the spread of a fire (also figurative)

fireˈbrick noun

A brick resistant to fire, used for furnace linings, grates, etc

fire brigade noun

A body of firefighters

fire bucket noun

A bucket containing sand or water for putting out fires

fireˈbug noun (informal)

An arsonist

fire clay noun

A clay poor in lime and iron, suitable for making fire-resistant pottery and firebricks

fire control noun

A system of controlling artillery fire, esp the whole gunfire of a ship from one centre

fireˈcracker noun

A device for making a noise, a cylinder of paper or cardboard containing an explosive and a fuse

fireˈcrest or fire-crested wren noun

A bird closely related to the goldcrest

fireˈdamp noun

A combustible gas given off by coal, etc, chiefly methane

fire department noun (N American) same as fire brigade above.

fireˈdog noun

An andiron

fire door noun

  1. A fire-resistant door to prevent the spread of fire within a building
  2. An emergency exit

fireˈdrake noun

  1. A fire-breathing dragon (literary and German myth)
  2. A luminous phenomenon (archaic)
  3. A kind of firework, a rocket

fire drill noun

  1. A primitive instrument for making fire by twirling a stick
  2. A practice in putting out or escaping from a fire

fireˈ-eater noun

  1. A juggler who seems to eat fire
  2. A person who looks for quarrels

fireˈ-edge noun (dialect)

  1. A cutting edge hardened by fire
  2. Crispness in a newly baked cake
  3. First eagerness

fire engine noun

A vehicle which carries firefighters and equipment to put out fires

fire escape noun

A fixed or movable way of escape from a burning building

fire extinguisher noun

A portable device for spraying water, chemicals, foam, etc onto a fire to put it out

fireˈ-eyed adjective (Shakespeare)

Having fiery eyes

fireˈfight noun

An intense exchange of gunfire

fireˈfighter noun

A person whose job is the putting out of fires and the rescuing of people and animals in danger

fireˈfighting noun

  1. The job of a firefighter
  2. Dealing with events as they arise, without long-term planning (figurative)

fireˈ-flag or fireˈ-flaught noun (literary)

A flash of fire, lightning, etc

fireˈfloat noun

A boat or raft used in harbours for extinguishing fires

fireˈfly noun

Any of various nocturnal insects which emit phosphorescent light

fireˈ-grate noun

A grating to hold a fire

fireˈguard noun

A protective wire frame or railing in front of a fireplace

fireˈ-hook noun

A hook formerly used to tear down burning buildings

fire hose noun

A hose for extinguishing fires

fireˈhouse noun (obsolete)

  1. A house with a fireplace, a dwelling-house
  2. A fire station (US)

fire insurance noun

Insurance against loss by fire

fire irons plural noun

Fireside implements, ie poker, tongs, shovel, not necessarily of iron

fireˈlight noun

The light of a (usu domestic) fire

fireˈlighter noun

A piece of readily flammable material or other means of lighting a fire

fireˈlock noun

A gun discharged by a lock with flint and steel

fireˈman noun

  1. A male firefighter
  2. A stoker
  3. A train driver's assistant (stoker on a steam railway engine)
  4. A person who looks after safety conditions in a mine
  5. A person who explodes charges
  6. A reporter sent out (esp abroad) to cover a specific event

fireman's lift noun

A method of carrying someone by putting him or her face down over one's shoulder, esp used by firefighters in rescuing unconscious or injured people

fireˈmark noun

A metal plate formerly placed by insurance companies to mark an insured building

fireˈ-marshal (US) or fireˈ-master noun

The head of a fire brigade

fireˈ-new adjective

  1. Fresh from the fire
  2. Brand-new

fireˈ-office noun

A fire insurance office

fire opal noun

A flame-coloured variety of opal

fireˈpan noun

A metal vessel for holding fire

fireˈplace noun

The place for a domestic fire, the chimney-opening and surrounding area

fireˈ-plough (US fire-plow) noun (archaeology)

A stick rubbed in a wooden groove to make fire

fireˈplug noun

A hydrant for use against fires

fireˈ-policy noun

A written document of insurance against fire

fireˈpot noun (historical)

An earthen pot full of combustible material, used as a missile

fireˈpower noun

  1. The amount of ammunition that can be fired with effect in a given time (military)
  2. The total offensive power or materials of a fighting force or any one of its machines or units (military)
  3. The total weight of influence, argument, etc of an individual, organization, etc (figurative)

fire practice same as fire drill above.

fireˈproof adjective

  1. Rendered completely immune to the effects of fire
  2. Incombustible

transitive verb

To make fireproof

fireˈproofing noun

fireˈ-raiser noun

An arsonist

fireˈ-raising noun

Arson

fireˈ-resistant or fireˈ-resisting adjective

Immune to the effects of fire up to a required degree

fireˈ-risk noun

Something which is likely to cause a fire, or to be consumed if there is one

fireˈ-robed adjective (Shakespeare)

Apparently clothed in fire

fire sale noun

  1. A sale of goods damaged by fire
  2. Any quick sale of goods at cheap bargain prices (US; usu figurative)

fireˈscreen noun

A screen for intercepting the heat of a fire or masking an unlit fire

fireˈship noun (historical)

A ship carrying combustible materials sent among the enemy's ships

fireˈ-shovel noun

fireˈside noun

  1. The side of the fireplace
  2. The hearth
  3. Home

adjective

  1. Domestic
  2. Familiar

fire sign noun

Any of the three signs of the zodiac (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius) believed to have an affinity with fire

fire station noun

A place where fire engines, firefighters, etc are kept in readiness to attend fires

fireˈ-step or firˈing-step noun (historical)

A ledge on which soldiers stand to fire over a parapet, a banquette

fireˈ-stick noun

A primitive implement for making fire by friction

fireˈstone noun

A rock, esp sandstone, that can withstand great heat

fireˈ-storm noun

A huge blaze (esp a result of heavy bombing) which fans its own flames by creating its own draught (also figurative)

fireˈthorn noun (botany)

Pyracantha

fire trail noun (Aust and N American)

A road through forest or bush that allows firefighters to reach fires in remote parts

fireˈtrap noun

A building, etc inadequately provided with fire exits and fire escapes

fire truck noun (US)

A fire engine

fireˈ-tube noun

A tube through which fire passes, eg in a steam railway engine

fireˈ-walk or fireˈ-walking noun

The (religious) ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones, ashes, etc

fireˈ-walker noun

fireˈwall noun

  1. A fireproof wall in a building intended to prevent a fire from spreading
  2. Software that protects a network against unauthorized users (computing; also figurative)

transitive verb

To install or create a firewall around

fireˈ-warden noun (N American)

An official responsible for the prevention and extinction of fires

fireˈ-watcher noun

A person who watches out for fires resulting from bombing or in eg forested areas

fireˈ-watching noun

fireˈwater noun (humorous)

Strong alcoholic spirits

fireˈweed noun

The rosebay willowherb, which springs up after forest, etc fires

Fire'wire® noun

A serial bus technology used for high-speed data transfer between computers

fireˈwoman noun

A female firefighter

fireˈwood noun

Wood for fuel

fireˈwork noun

  1. A combustible or explosive mixture used in warfare, or a projectile carrying it (obsolete)
  2. A device containing combustible chemicals, for producing coloured sparks, flares, etc, often with loud noises
  3. (now only in pl) a display of these
  4. (in pl) an impressive technical display in music, talk, etc
  5. (in pl) a display of temper

fireˈworm noun

  1. A glow-worm
  2. A firefly

fireˈ-worship noun

  1. Worship of fire
  2. Loosely, homage to fire (as among Parsees) as a symbol of deity but not itself a god

fireˈ-worshipper noun

firing line noun

  1. An area, or the troops, within range of the enemy for practical purposes
  2. A position of exposure to fierce criticism, etc, esp in the phrase in the firing line

firing order noun (motoring)

The sequence in which the cylinders of a multi-cylinder combustion engine fire

firing party noun

A detachment detailed to fire over a grave or shoot a condemned prisoner

firing pin noun

A pin that strikes the detonator and explodes the cartridge in a rifle

firing point noun

The temperature at which a flammable oil catches fire spontaneously

firing squad noun

A firing party, a detachment detailed to shoot a condemned prisoner

between two fires

Under attack from two sides

breathe fire (informal)

To speak or behave in an angry or intimidating manner

catch or take fire

  1. To become ignited
  2. To become aroused about something

fire and brimstone

  1. Hell, formerly an exclamation of wrath or extreme irritation
  2. A preacher's evocation of eternal damnation (fireˈ-and-brimˈstone adjective)

fire and sword

Military devastation

fire away (usu imperative; informal)

  1. To go ahead
  2. To begin

fire in one's belly

  1. Ardour or passion in speaking, etc
  2. Drive or ambition

fire off

  1. To discharge
  2. To ask or utter in rapid succession

fire out (Shakespeare)

To expel

fire up

  1. To start a fire
  2. To fly into a passion
  3. To excite or enthuse

go on fire (Scot or Irish)

To catch fire

go through fire and water see under go1

hang fire see under hang

on fire

  1. In a state of fiery combustion
  2. In a lively or excited state (informal)

open fire see under open

play with fire

  1. To expose oneself to unnecessary risk
  2. To treat lightly a situation which could prove dangerous

St Anthony's fire see under Anthony

St Elmo's fire see under saint

set on fire or set fire to

To ignite

under fire

  1. Exposed to the enemy's fire
  2. Exposed to criticism

open /ōˈpən/

adjective
  1. Not shut
  2. Allowing passage out or in
  3. Exposing the interior
  4. Unobstructed
  5. Free
  6. Unenclosed
  7. Exposed
  8. Uncovered
  9. Liable
  10. Generally accessible
  11. Available
  12. Ready to receive or transact business with members of the public
  13. Willing to receive or accept, amenable (with to)
  14. Public
  15. Free to be discussed
  16. Obvious
  17. Unconcealed
  18. Undisguised
  19. Unfolded, spread out or expanded
  20. Unrestricted
  21. Not restricted to any class of people, as in open championship
  22. (of a town) without military defences
  23. Not finally decided, concluded, settled or assigned
  24. Not dense in distribution or texture
  25. Widely spaced
  26. Loose
  27. Much interrupted by spaces or holes
  28. Showing a visible space between (nautical)
  29. Clear
  30. Unfrozen
  31. Not frosty
  32. Not hazy
  33. Free from trees
  34. Frank
  35. Unreserved
  36. Unstopped (music)
  37. Without use of valve, crook or key (music)
  38. (of an organ pipe) not closed at the top
  39. (of a vowel sound) low, with wide aperture for the breath
  40. (of a consonant) without stopping of the breath stream
  41. (of a syllable) ending with a vowel
  42. Of systems, etc, having a public specification (computing)
  43. Permitting interoperability (computing)
transitive verb
  1. To make open
  2. To make as an opening
  3. To make an opening in
  4. To clear
  5. To expose to view
  6. To expound
  7. To declare open
  8. To begin
intransitive verb
  1. To become open
  2. To have an opening, aperture or passage
  3. To serve as a passage
  4. To begin to appear
  5. To begin
  6. To give tongue
  7. To speak out
noun
  1. A clear space
  2. Public view
  3. Open market
  4. A competition or sporting event open to all competitors
  5. An opening
ORIGIN: OE open; cf Du open, ON opinn, Ger offen; prob related to up

oˈpenable adjective

oˈpener noun

oˈpening noun

  1. The act of causing to be, or of becoming, open
  2. An open place
  3. An aperture
  4. A gap
  5. A street or road breaking the line of another
  6. A beginning
  7. A first stage
  8. A preliminary statement of a case in court
  9. The initial moves, or mode of beginning, in a game, etc
  10. An event at which a new exhibition, shop, display, etc, is first opened to the public
  11. The first performance of a play, etc
  12. The two pages exposed together when a book is opened
  13. An opportunity for action
  14. A vacancy
adjective
  1. Occurring at the beginning (of something)
  2. Initial
  3. Causing to become open

oˈpenly adverb

oˈpenness noun

open access noun

Free and unlimited access, eg to a library or material on the Internet

open-acc'ess adjective

open adoption noun

Adoption of a child with continued contact with the true parents

open aestivation noun (botany)

Aestivation without overlap or meeting of the edges of the perianth leaves

open-airˈ adjective

Outdoor

open-and-shutˈ adjective

Simple, obvious, easily decided

open-armedˈ adjective

Cordially welcoming

open book noun

Anything that can be read or interpreted without difficulty

open borstal noun

Formerly, a borstal run on the same lines as an open prison (qv below)

Open Brethren plural noun

That section of the Plymouth Brethren whose members are allowed to associate fully with non-members

open bundle noun (botany)

A vascular bundle with cambium

oˈpen-cast noun (mining)

An open excavation in the land surface (also adjective and adverb)

open-chainˈ adjective (chem)

With atoms linked together like a chain with loose ends

open cheque noun

An uncrossed cheque which can be used to obtain cash on demand from a bank, etc

open circuit noun

  1. An electrical circuit broken so that current cannot pass
  2. In television, the customary system in which the showing is for general, not restricted, viewing

open court noun

A court proceeding in public

open day noun

A day on which an institution (esp a school) is open to the public, usu with organized exhibitions or events

open diapason noun

One of the chief foundation stops of an organ

open door noun

  1. Free and equal opportunity of trading for all
  2. Unrestricted admission or immigration

open-doorˈ adjective

open economy noun

One involved in overseas trade

open-endˈ or open-endˈed adjective

  1. Not closely defined, general and adaptable to suit various contingencies
  2. (of a question, debate, etc) allowing free unguided answers or expressions of opinion
  3. (of an investment trust) offering shares in unlimited numbers, redeemable on demand
  4. (open-endˈed) without fixed limits

open-endˈedness noun

oˈpen-eyed adjective

  1. Astonished
  2. Fully aware of what is involved
  3. Watchful (Shakespeare)

oˈpen-field adjective

Having the arable land in unenclosed strips held by different cultivators

open fire noun

An exposed fire on a domestic hearth

open-handˈed adjective

  1. With an open hand
  2. Generous
  3. Liberal

open-handˈedly adverb

open-handˈedness noun

open harmony noun (music)

Chords not in close position

open-heartˈed adjective

  1. With an open heart
  2. Frank
  3. Generous

open-heartˈedly adverb

open-heartˈedness noun

oˈpen-hearth adjective (metallurgy)

Making use of, or having, a shallow hearth of reverberating type

open-heart surgery noun

Surgery performed on a heart that has been stopped and opened up while blood circulation is maintained by a heart-lung machine

open house noun

Hospitality to all comers

opening time noun

The time when bars, public houses, etc, can begin selling alcoholic drinks

open-jawˈ adjective and noun

(of or relating to) a round-trip aircraft ticket or flight that allows the passenger to embark on the return flight at a different airport from the one to which he or she originally travelled

open learning noun

A system of learning based on individual study rather than formal classroom sessions, and using specially designed programmes of printed material, audio and video tapes, electronic media, etc

open letter noun

A letter addressed to one person but intended for public reading

open market noun

A market in which buyers and sellers compete without restriction

open marriage noun

A form of marriage that allows the partners social and sexual independence

open-micˈ or open-mikeˈ adjective

Denoting an event, eg at a comedy club, at which members of the public are encouraged to perform

open mind noun

  1. Freedom from prejudice
  2. Readiness to receive and consider new ideas

open-mindˈed adjective

open-mindˈedly adverb

open-mindˈedness noun

open-mouthedˈ adjective

  1. Gaping
  2. Expectant
  3. Greedy
  4. Clamorous
  5. Surprised, astonished

open note noun (music)

  1. A note produced by an unstopped string, open pipe, or without a crook, etc
  2. A printed or written note without a solid black head, a semibreve or minim (US)

open order noun

Spaced-out formation for drill, etc

open-planˈ adjective

Having few or no internal walls, partitions, etc

open-plan house noun

One whose rooms run from front to back with windows on both faces

open primary noun

(in US politics) a primary election in which all registered voters may participate

open prison noun

A prison without the usual close security, allowing prisoners considerably more freedom of movement than in conventional prisons

open question noun

  1. A matter undecided
  2. A question formed so as to elicit a full response or an opinion rather than a yes or no answer

oˈpen-reel adjective

(of a tape recorder) reel-to-reel

open sandwich noun

One that has no bread, etc, on top

open score noun (music)

One with a separate stave for each part

open sea noun

Unenclosed sea, clear of headlands

open season noun

A time of the year when one may kill certain game or fish (also figurative)

open secret noun

A matter known to many but not explicitly divulged

open sesame noun

A spell or other means of making barriers fly open (from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in the Arabian Nights)

open shop noun

A place of work not confined to union labour

open side noun (rugby)

The part of the field between the scrum, etc, and the farther touch-line

open sights plural noun (shooting)

In aiming, the eye unaided by the sights, usu in shooting at close range

open skies plural noun

  1. The open air
  2. Reciprocal freedom for aerial inspection of military establishments
  3. Unrestricted use of esp commercial airports and airways

open-sourceˈ adjective (computing)

Denoting a form of licensing by which software is made freely available for use and the source code can be extended or amended by third parties

oˈpen-stitch (Scot oˈpen-steek) noun

A kind of open-work stitching

open system noun (computing)

A network system complying with a set of international standards allowing general accessibility

oˈpen-top or oˈpen-topped adjective

(esp of a vehicle) without a roof or having an open top

open town noun

One without troops or military installations, and hence, according to international law, immune from attack of any kind

open university noun

(also with caps) a British university (founded in 1969) having no fixed entry qualifications, whose teaching is carried out by correspondence and by radio and television, etc

open verdict noun

  1. A verdict in a coroner's court that death has occurred, without specifying the cause
  2. A verdict that a crime has been committed, without specifying the criminal

oˈpen-weave adjective and noun

(made of) a loosely woven fabric with visible spaces between the threads

oˈpenwork noun

Any work showing openings through it, eg in embroidery

adjective

Open-cast

open fire

To begin to shoot

open out

  1. To make or become more widely open
  2. To expand
  3. To disclose
  4. To unpack
  5. To develop
  6. To bring into view
  7. To open the throttle, accelerate

open up

  1. To open thoroughly or more thoroughly
  2. To lay open
  3. To disclose
  4. To make available for traffic, colonization, etc
  5. To accelerate
  6. To begin firing
  7. To become more communicative

with open arms

Cordially
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