Noun:
1: fire the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
2: fire, flame, flaming 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: attack, fire, flack, blast, flak intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
6: ardour, fervor, fervidness, fervency, fervour, ardor, fire 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: give the axe, dismiss, can, give the sack, sack, send away, force out, terminate, fire, give notice 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: provoke, raise, evoke, enkindle, fire, elicit, kindle, arouse call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
8: burn, burn down, fire destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
9: fuel, fire provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"