• 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"
• a Fireplace in which a Fire is burning; "they sat by the Fire and talked"
• intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his Fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak"
• the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the Fire"
• a severe trial; "he went through Fire and damnation"
• feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "Fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries"
• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
• bake in a kiln so as to harden; "Fire pottery"
• destroy by Fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
• cause to go off; "Fire a gun"; "Fire a bullet"
• go off or discharge; "The gun Fired"
• start firing a weapon
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
• drive out or away by or as if by Fire; "The soldiers were Fired"; "Surrender Fires the cold skepticism"
• provide with fuel; "Oil Fires the furnace"
• terminate the employment of; "The boss Fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

'Fire' in other languages