“fire”

Definitions

• noun

  the event of something burning (often destructive)

  Synonyms: abandon, afflatus, afire, aflame, aggressiveness, agitate, air, alight, anhydrate, animate, animation, animus

  • Example:“They lost everything in the fire.”

• noun

  the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

  Synonyms: firing

  • Example:“Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes.”
  • Example:“They retreated in the face of withering enemy fire.”

• noun

  the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

  Synonyms: flame, flaming

  • Example:“Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries.”

• noun

  a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

  • Example:“They sat by the fire and talked.”

• noun

  once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile

• noun

  feelings of great warmth and intensity

  Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fervidness

  • Example:“He spoke with great ardor.”