Fire - English meaning

verb

Bring to life.

Usage examples:

Prometheus stole fire from heaven to animate his clay men

adjective

Alive or having life.

Usage examples:

Gods in a wide variety of forms, both animate and inanimate

verb

To cause someone or something to be more active or full of life

Usage examples:

He knows exactly what to say to animate a crowd.

verb

Evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response).

Usage examples:

Something about the man aroused the guard's suspicions

verb

To cause someone to have a particular feeling

Usage examples:

It's a subject that has aroused a lot of interest., our suspicions were first aroused when we heard…

verb

To cause someone to feel sexual excitement

verb

Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

Anna was awakened by the telephone

verb

To stop sleeping, or to cause someone to stop sleeping

Usage examples:

[ t ] the family was awakened by a noise., [ t ] his television series awakened popular interest in…

verb

To stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping

Usage examples:

They were awakened by the sound of gunfire., i awakened at dawn to find him beside me.

noun

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.

Usage examples:

I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood

verb

End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.

Usage examples:

The company is axing 125 jobs

noun

A tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood

Usage examples:

Julian used an axe to chop down the old apple tree.

noun

A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.

Usage examples:

His forces launched an artillery barrage on the city

verb

Bombard (someone) with questions, criticisms, complaints, etc.

Usage examples:

His doctor was barraged with unsolicited advice

noun

The action of continuously firing large guns to protect soldiers advancing on an enemy

Usage examples:

An artillery barrage

noun

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion.

Usage examples:

They were thrown backwards by the blast

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

exclamation

Expressing annoyance.

Usage examples:

‘blast! the car won't start!’

noun

A continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

Usage examples:

An aerial bombardment will precede the attack

noun

A continuous attack on a place with guns or bombs

Usage examples:

Aerial bombardment, the bombardment had begun several days earlier, destroying many buildings.

noun

A situation in which so many questions or other things are directed at someone, that they find it difficult to deal with them

Usage examples:

A president is under constant bombardment from every direction., because you face such a bombardmen…

noun

A period of continuous heavy gunfire.

Usage examples:

The french attack began with a cannonade

verb

Discharge heavy guns continuously.

Usage examples:

Gunboats on the amur cannonaded during the night

noun

A period of continuous heavy firing of large guns, especially as part of an attack

noun

A person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business.

Usage examples:

For much of the last fifty years the country's banks have operated as cashiers for often insolvent …

verb

Dismiss (someone) from the armed forces in disgrace because of a serious misdemeanour.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty and cashiered

noun

A person responsible for receiving payments for goods

verb

Remove from office suddenly and forcefully.

Usage examples:

He had been deposed by a military coup

verb

To remove someone important from a powerful position

Usage examples:

Be deposed as gingrich was deposed as speaker of the house after the election in 1998., be deposed …

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

verb

Order or allow to leave; send away.

Usage examples:

She dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road

verb

To decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering

Usage examples:

Let’s not dismiss the idea without discussing it., the teacher dismissed the class early.

verb

To remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

Usage examples:

Dismiss sb for sth salespeople may be dismissed for many reasons, the most common of which is poor …

verb

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.

Usage examples:

He got into his car and drove off

noun

(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

He was driven by ambition

verb

To travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it

Usage examples:

[ t ] we drove 40 miles to visit my aunt., [ i ] she drove through pennsylvania to ohio., [ i ] she…

verb

Force or throw (something) out in a violent or sudden way.

Usage examples:

Lumps of viscous lava were ejected from the volcano

verb

Put out or expel from a place

verb

To force someone to leave a particular place, or to send out something quickly and often with force

Usage examples:

It was difficult to eject squatters from the abandoned building., very seldom do you see any player…

verb

Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

Usage examples:

The issue engendered continuing controversy

verb

To cause something to come into existence

Usage examples:

Your book has engendered much controversy.

verb

To make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist

Usage examples:

Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy., the vice-president's speech did not engender …

verb

Make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing.

Usage examples:

The wartime routine was enlivened by a series of concerts

verb

To make more interesting or active

Usage examples:

Entertainment enlivened the meeting.

verb

To make something more interesting

Usage examples:

The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.

verb

Bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind.

Usage examples:

The sight evoked pleasant memories of his childhood

verb

To cause something to be remembered or expressed

Usage examples:

The smell of chalk always evokes memories of my school days., the new fashions were evocative of th…

verb

To make someone remember something or feel an emotion

Usage examples:

That smell always evokes memories of my old school., a detergent designed to evoke the fresh smell …

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very enthusiastic and eager.

Usage examples:

Flying still excites me

verb

To make someone have strong feelings, esp. of happiness and enthusiasm

Usage examples:

In some science fiction movies, the music and special effects can really excite audiences., the str…

verb

To cause activity in a market by causing lots of people to buy and sell stocks and shares

Usage examples:

A significant oil find by the group in western india has excited the market., the bullish product u…

noun

The action of setting fire to something.

Usage examples:

The deliberate firing of 600 oil wells

verb

Discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile).

Usage examples:

He fired a shot at the retreating prisoners

noun

An act of making someone leave their job

Usage examples:

The firings will reduce the company's employment to about 53,000, down from about 85,000., she's re…

noun

Strong criticism.

Usage examples:

You must be strong enough to take the flak if things go wrong

noun

Strong criticism or opposition

Usage examples:

She caught some flak from her parents.

noun

Strong criticism or opposition

Usage examples:

Catch/draw/get flak the company has been catching flak lately for its lack of customer service., an…

noun

A series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.

Usage examples:

Marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles

verb

Fire a fusillade at (a place or person).

Usage examples:

The mahdi's adherents fusilladed his palace at khartoum

noun

A number of bullets fired at the same time or one after another quickly

collocation

Dispose of

phrase

Take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing)

Usage examples:

We have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years

idiom

To find a way to make someone leave because you do not want the person to be with you any longer

Usage examples:

We finally got rid of my little sister by telling her scary stories., i can’t wait to get rid of th…

noun

The repeated firing of a gun or guns.

Usage examples:

They'd been caught up in gunfire in beirut

noun

The shooting of one or more guns, or the sound this makes

Usage examples:

We could hear gunfire but couldn't tell where it was coming from.

noun

The usually repeated shooting of one or more guns

Usage examples:

The sound of gunfire echoed into the night.

verb

Throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.

Usage examples:

Rioters hurled a brick through the windscreen

noun

A ride in a vehicle; a lift.

Usage examples:

Hey pal, any chance of a hurl?

verb

Throw forcefully

verb

Drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

Financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures

verb

To force someone to do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] when i see them eating, i feel impelled to eat, too.

verb

To make someone feel that they must do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] she was in such a mess i felt impelled to (= felt i had to) offer your services…

verb

Encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour).

Usage examples:

They conspired to incite riots

verb

To encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent

Usage examples:

She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-semitic leaflets., [ + to infinitive ] she was expel…

verb

Provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone.

Usage examples:

High fines further inflamed public feelings

verb

To excite someone’s strong feelings or make them stronger

Usage examples:

The defense objected to the graphic pictures, claiming they were meant merely to inflame the jury.

verb

To cause or increase very strong feelings such as anger or excitement

Usage examples:

Reducing the number of staff is certain to inflame the already angry medical profession., inflame p…

verb

Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

Usage examples:

His philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists

verb

Serve as the inciting cause of

verb

To make someone feel that they want to do something and can do it

Usage examples:

His confident leadership inspired his followers., [ + to infinitive ] after her trip to venezuela, …

verb

Set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water.

Usage examples:

The town's lifeboat was launched to rescue the fishermen

noun

An act or instance of launching something.

Usage examples:

The launch of a new campaign against drinking and driving

noun

A large motorboat, used especially for short trips.

Usage examples:

She cruised the waterways on a luxury motor launch

idiom

Grant exemption or release to

phrasal verb

Punish someone lightly or not at all for a misdemeanour or offence.

Usage examples:

He was let off with a caution

phrasal verb

Cause a gun, firework, or bomb to fire or explode.

Usage examples:

Thousands of fireworks were let off in the castle grounds at the stroke of midnight to mark the sta…

verb

Provide (someone) with a reason for doing something.

Usage examples:

He was primarily motivated by the desire for profit

verb

Give an incentive for action

verb

To make someone eager to do something

Usage examples:

Motivate sb to do sth she managed to motivate staff to work together after the merger., be motivate…

verb

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Usage examples:

The reformists were ousted from power

verb

Make a light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

Corks popped and glasses tinkled

noun

A light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

There were a few pops, perhaps from pistols

adverb

With a light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

The champagne went pop

verb

Make or become faster or quicker.

Usage examples:

She quickened her pace, desperate to escape

verb

To become or make faster or more active

Usage examples:

[ i ] his pulse quickened when he saw her., [ t ] computers have quickened the pace of communicatio…

verb

Cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

She was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder

verb

To wake someone or make someone more active or excited

Usage examples:

She roused him from his sleep.

noun

A large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.

Usage examples:

Each one, after scrutiny, found something of value to add to his sack: paper, plastic bags, bits of…

verb

Dismiss from employment.

Usage examples:

Any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot

noun

The pillaging of a town or city.

Usage examples:

The sack of rome

noun

A simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle.

Usage examples:

A deafening salvo of shots rang out

noun

A member of the salvation army.

Usage examples:

The salvation army's annual red shield appeal is coming up in may, and the salvos are looking for 1…

noun

A firing of several guns at the same time, either in a war or in a ceremony, or a statement in an exchange of opinions

Usage examples:

His opening salvo in the debate sparked a war of words.

verb

Cause to go or be taken to a particular destination; arrange for the delivery of, especially by post.

Usage examples:

We sent a reminder letter but received no reply

verb

Variant spelling of scend (noun).

verb

The push or surge created by a wave.

verb

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.

Usage examples:

He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

noun

A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.

Usage examples:

He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems

exclamation

Variant spelling of chute1.

adjective

Nervous or timid in the company of other people.

Usage examples:

I was pretty shy at school

verb

(especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement.

Usage examples:

Their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight

noun

A sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.

noun

The action of shooting at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.

Usage examples:

Sniping assumed great importance during wwi, especially where trench warfare was prevalent

verb

Shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.

Usage examples:

The soldiers in the trench sniped at us

verb

Raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system).

Usage examples:

The women are given fertility drugs to stimulate their ovaries

verb

To encourage something to grow, develop, or become active

Usage examples:

Tax cuts will stimulate the economy., read books to stimulate your child’s imagination., some veget…

verb

To encourage something to grow, develop, or become active

Usage examples:

The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy., stimulate growth/investment/t…

verb

Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.

Usage examples:

I threw a brick through the window

noun

An act of throwing something.

Usage examples:

Holding's throw hit the stumps

verb

Propel through the air

collocation

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

Discard something as unwanted.

Usage examples:

I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb

(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.

Usage examples:

The charges were thrown out by the magistrate

noun

A small device that releases a spring or catch and so sets off a mechanism, especially in order to fire a gun.

Usage examples:

He pulled the trigger of the shotgun

verb

Cause (a device) to function.

Usage examples:

Burglars fled empty-handed after triggering the alarm

noun

A part of a gun that causes the gun to fire when pressed

Usage examples:

To pull the trigger, i triggered the smoke alarm when i burned the potatoes., eating chocolate can …

noun

A number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time.

Usage examples:

The infantry let off a couple of volleys

verb

(in sport, especially tennis or soccer) strike or kick (the ball) before it touches the ground.

Usage examples:

She volleyed the ball home

noun

A large number of bullets or arrows fired at the same time

Usage examples:

A volley of questions, i was ahead in the first game, but then hit a bad volley and a bad forehand.