Fire
noun
A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke.
The fire in the fireplace made the room warm.
Often appears as...
- fireplace fire
- campfire
noun
Shooting of guns or cannons.
He ordered his men to open fire on the enemy.
Often appears as...
- open fire
- under fire
verb
To dismiss from a job.
He was fired from his job for being late too many times.
Often appears as...
- fired from job
- fired for being late
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Informal
noun
A burning passion or strong emotion.
He has a fire in his eyes when he talks about his dreams.
Often appears as...
- fire in the eyes
- fire of ambition
verb
To heat something in an oven or kiln.
She fired the clay pots in the kiln.
Often appears as...
- fire clay
- fire pottery
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Technical
noun
A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke.
The fire in the fireplace made the room warm.
Often appears as...
- fireplace fire
- campfire
noun
Shooting of guns or cannons.
He ordered his men to open fire on the enemy.
Often appears as...
- open fire
- under fire
verb
To dismiss from a job.
He was fired from his job for being late too many times.
Often appears as...
- fired from job
- fired for being late
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A burning passion or strong emotion.
He has a fire in his eyes when he talks about his dreams.
Often appears as...
- fire in the eyes
- fire of ambition
verb
To heat something in an oven or kiln.
She fired the clay pots in the kiln.
Often appears as...
- fire clay
- fire pottery
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Describe fires to create a vivid image in the listener's mind using adjectives like crackling, roaring, and blazing.
They gathered around the crackling campfire, mesmerized by its dance.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Use 'fire' metaphorically to describe intense situations or emotions, like 'a fire of excitement.'
Her cheeks flushed with a fire of excitement.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Understand 'fire' can symbolize warmth, destruction, or transformation depending on the context.
The fire of the phoenix represents rebirth.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Describe fires to create a vivid image in the listener's mind using adjectives like crackling, roaring, and blazing.
They gathered around the crackling campfire, mesmerized by its dance.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Use 'fire' metaphorically to describe intense situations or emotions, like 'a fire of excitement.'
Her cheeks flushed with a fire of excitement.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Understand 'fire' can symbolize warmth, destruction, or transformation depending on the context.
The fire of the phoenix represents rebirth.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Describe fires to create a vivid image in the listener's mind using adjectives like crackling, roaring, and blazing.
They gathered around the crackling campfire, mesmerized by its dance.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Use 'fire' metaphorically to describe intense situations or emotions, like 'a fire of excitement.'
Her cheeks flushed with a fire of excitement.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Understand 'fire' can symbolize warmth, destruction, or transformation depending on the context.
The fire of the phoenix represents rebirth.
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Bring on the learning...
It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted. You know, I was thinking about that guy recently, just a few minutes ago when you were speaking, about this teacher, because six months ago, I saved his life."
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Why do we love? A...
Buddha proposed that we love because we are trying to satisfy our base desires. Yet, our passionate cravings are defects, and attachments, even romantic love, are a great source of suffering. Luckily, Buddha discovered the eight-fold path, a sort of program for extinguishing the fires of desire
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What makes muscles grow?...
Say you're standing in front of a door, ready to pull it open. Your brain and muscles are perfectly poised to help you achieve this goal. First, your brain sends a signal to motor neurons inside your arm. When they receive this message, they fire, causing muscles to contract and relax,
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light. Occasionally, people pass by the fire, carrying figures of animals and other objects that cast shadows on the wall.
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How does caffeine keep...
Neurons in your brain have receptors perfectly tailored to this molecule. When adenosine docks to these receptors, it activates a cascade of biochemical reactions that cause neurons to fire more sluggishly and slow the release of important brain-signaling molecules.
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How does a jellyfish...
Nematocyst discharge can occur in less than a millionth of a second, making it one of nature's fastest biomechanical processes. Nematocysts can continue to fire even after a jellyfish has died, so it's important to remove lingering tentacles stuck to the skin.
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Danica Patrick Eats a...
What? And they taste disgusting because they're full of-- --this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever. But if you cook them and you barbecue them up, then it's perfect. Thank God for the fire because that's going
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How fire shapes...
lots of fire routinely others only episodically or even rarely and one reason is that life did not control the third element of the fire triangle namely ignition well that changed when a creature arrived who could wrest control of
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
I would love to break a world record today, -I'm not gonna lie. -Okay. And where's the other half? Is this working in a different way? So this is an acoustic vortex. So we fire these loudspeakers in a sequence,
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How does impeachment...
For most jobs, it's understood that you can be fired, whether for crime, incompetence, or just poor performance. But what if your job happens to be the most powerful position in the country, or the world?
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
It was in front of the whole class and I felt dreadful. But it's what I wanted, and as soon as I left school, I applied to the fire service and I was accepted. You know, I was thinking about that guy recently, just a few minutes ago when you were speaking, about this teacher, because six months ago, I saved his life."
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
Buddha proposed that we love because we are trying to satisfy our base desires. Yet, our passionate cravings are defects, and attachments, even romantic love, are a great source of suffering. Luckily, Buddha discovered the eight-fold path, a sort of program for extinguishing the fires of desire
Video examples
What makes muscles grow?...
Say you're standing in front of a door, ready to pull it open. Your brain and muscles are perfectly poised to help you achieve this goal. First, your brain sends a signal to motor neurons inside your arm. When they receive this message, they fire, causing muscles to contract and relax,
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light. Occasionally, people pass by the fire, carrying figures of animals and other objects that cast shadows on the wall.
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
Neurons in your brain have receptors perfectly tailored to this molecule. When adenosine docks to these receptors, it activates a cascade of biochemical reactions that cause neurons to fire more sluggishly and slow the release of important brain-signaling molecules.
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
Nematocyst discharge can occur in less than a millionth of a second, making it one of nature's fastest biomechanical processes. Nematocysts can continue to fire even after a jellyfish has died, so it's important to remove lingering tentacles stuck to the skin.
Video examples
Danica Patrick Eats a...
What? And they taste disgusting because they're full of-- --this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever. But if you cook them and you barbecue them up, then it's perfect. Thank God for the fire because that's going
Video examples
How fire shapes...
lots of fire routinely others only episodically or even rarely and one reason is that life did not control the third element of the fire triangle namely ignition well that changed when a creature arrived who could wrest control of
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
I would love to break a world record today, -I'm not gonna lie. -Okay. And where's the other half? Is this working in a different way? So this is an acoustic vortex. So we fire these loudspeakers in a sequence,
Video examples
How does impeachment...
For most jobs, it's understood that you can be fired, whether for crime, incompetence, or just poor performance. But what if your job happens to be the most powerful position in the country, or the world?
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Quote examples
Terry Pratchett
English Author
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
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Martha Stewart
Entertainer
I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.
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Roger Clemens
American Athlete
I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion.
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Terry Bradshaw
American Athlete
I'm not afraid of being fired, and I'm gonna speak my mind.
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Florence Pugh
English Actress
Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
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Robert Frost
American Poet
Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.
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Mirko Cro Cop
Croatian Athlete
This fire in me will last forever.
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Kara DioGuardi
American Musician
I've never been fired in my life.
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Jeremy Taylor
British Clergyman
Love is friendship set on fire.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
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Martha Stewart
Entertainer
I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.
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Roger Clemens
American Athlete
I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion.
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Terry Bradshaw
American Athlete
I'm not afraid of being fired, and I'm gonna speak my mind.
Quote examples
Florence Pugh
English Actress
Sometimes in the real world, there is fire between people.
Quote examples
Robert Frost
American Poet
Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.
Quote examples
Mirko Cro Cop
Croatian Athlete
This fire in me will last forever.
Quote examples
Kara DioGuardi
American Musician
I've never been fired in my life.
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Jeremy Taylor
British Clergyman
Love is friendship set on fire.
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