FIRE

FI ·RE 1 syllable

A2 · Elementary 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 7 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. the event of something burning (often destructive)
  2. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
  3. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
  4. a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

💬 Examples

  • "they lost everything in the fire"
  • "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"
  • "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
  • "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

🔗 Similar words

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verb
  1. start firing a weapon
  2. cause to go off
  3. bake in a kiln so as to harden
  4. terminate the employment of

💬 Examples

  • "fire a gun"
  • "fire a bullet"
  • "fire pottery"
  • "discharge from an office or position"

🔗 Similar words

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