fire
- noun
- /faɪər/
- The camp fire crackled and lit up the dark forest, creating a cozy atmosphere.
- forest fires
- light a fire
- fire risk
He said to Baijan, The fire has gone out.
- He said to Baijan, The fire has gone out.
- And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
- Sing it this Christmas around the fire now.
- What, though, made these fires so hard to fight?
- I don't need to understand that fire by touching it.
- Although I wouldn't know if I would die in a house fire today.
- So he ends up labeling the fire as suspicious.
- And let me address the forest and fire part of it first.
- This is like stopping the fires and keeping everything going.
- So that goes back to the fire I was starting about.
- I did have an initial request, which was fire breathing dwarfs.
Examples
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Some of the best tangible data quantifying past fire regimes come from tree fire scars.
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I would sit by the fire and enjoy it.
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Sing it this Christmas around the fire now.
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Keep the fire going, Chris.
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And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
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"I'll just sit here and warm my feet by the fire."
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Based on area burned, the 2010 fire season was the worst on record in BC.
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Us two girls sittin' around by the fire.
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On the nearby mountainside, small fires burn in front of portraits of Catholic saints.
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In September 1970, the Malibu hills were on fire, and the surfers in the ocean kept surfing.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
The act of setting something on fire to destroy it
The process of burning that produces heat and often light
A process where fuel burns in air to make heat and light for energy
Idioms
- Informal
Make someone do what they promised or take responsibility by pressuring them
- Informal
To make a bad situation worse by saying or doing something that makes people angrier
Save someone from a difficult situation at the last moment
- Informal
Strong energy and passion that continue even when someone gets older
To pay attention to something unimportant instead of the main task
- Informal
Escaping a bad situation and ending in a much worse one
- Archaic
To cause great excitement or a big effect, often said to mean something is not impressive
Compounds
A group that sends people to put out fires and help in emergencies in the local area
A staircase or metal ladder on the outside of a building used to get out during a fire
- Formal
A person who makes sure buildings are safe from fire, investigates fires, and enforces fire safety rules
A practice where people leave a building to be safe during a fire or other emergency
- Specialized
Intense gunfire aimed near an enemy to keep them from shooting back while friendly troops move
- Formal
A set of rules made by authorities about buildings to prevent fires and keep people safe
- Informal
A very difficult test that shows if someone can do a job under pressure
- Specialized
A slow burn in the layer of dead leaves and wood under the soil, often without visible flames
- Specialized
Gunfire from the ground aimed at enemy planes to stop an air attack
- Specialized
Shooting at a target you cannot see using calculations or people who watch
- US
A large fast fire that burns across dry grassland and spreads quickly in strong wind
- Specialized
Continuous gunfire aimed at an enemy to stop them firing or moving so friendly troops can advance
- Specialized
A system that uses radio waves to aim and fire weapons at military targets
- Specialized
Gunfire by other soldiers or tanks that protects attacking soldiers from the enemy
- Specialized
A fast forest fire that moves through the tops of trees, often moving ahead of the fire on the ground
- Specialized
Gunfire that goes along the length of a line of soldiers, causing heavy damage
- Specialized
A serious disease caused by bacteria that makes apple and pear shoots and flowers turn black and die
- Specialized
A system that finds and aims weapons at military targets on ships or tanks
- Specialized
A blue glow that appears on pointed objects like ship masts or airplane wings during thunderstorms
- Specialized
Gunfire aimed near friendly troops to protect them from immediate enemy threats
- Specialized
Fire from guns aimed at enemy mortar positions to destroy or stop them
- Specialized
A planned heavy attack with artillery to weaken enemy forces before an assault
- Specialized
Fire from heavy guns at enemy targets far behind friendly troops to disrupt supplies and reinforcements
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Fire comes from Old English fyr, and is like the modern German word Feuer, which means 'flame' or 'heat'. So fire is the basic word for burning, the heat and light of flames.