Noun:
1: fire the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
2: flaming, fire, flame the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
3: firing, fire 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"
4: fire a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
5: flak, blast, flack, attack, fire intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
6: fire, fervency, fervidness, ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
7: fire once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
8: fire a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
Verb:
1: open fire, fire start firing a weapon
2: fire, discharge cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
3: fire bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
4: send away, give notice, can, fire, give the axe, force out, give the sack, terminate, dismiss, sack terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
5: go off, fire, discharge go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
6: fire drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
7: kindle, arouse, evoke, elicit, fire, raise, provoke, enkindle call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
8: fire, burn, burn down destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
9: fuel, fire provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"