Definition of fires Fires
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- fires (Noun)
Plural of fire.
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| 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" | ||
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| onrush, onset, onslaught, attack a forceful forward rush or flow; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts" | ||
| antiaircraft fire firing at enemy aircraft | ||
| barrage fire, shelling, barrage, bombardment, battery the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" | ||
| broadside the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | ||
| fusillade, volley, salvo, burst rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" | ||
| call fire fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit | ||
| covering fire, cover fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations; "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal" | ||
| concentrated fire, massed fire fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships) | ||
| counterfire fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons | ||
| counterpreparation fire intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered | ||
| crossfire fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross | ||
| destruction fire fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects | ||
| direct fire fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it | ||
| distributed fire fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target | ||
| friendly fire, fratricide fire that injures or kills an ally | ||
| hostile fire fire that injures or kills an enemy | ||
| grazing fire fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground | ||
| harassing fire fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale | ||
| indirect fire fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons | ||
| interdiction fire fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area | ||
| neutralization fire fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable | ||
| observed fire fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations | ||
| preparation fire fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault | ||
| radar fire gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar | ||
| registration fire fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets | ||
| scheduled fire prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time | ||
| searching fire fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun | ||
| supporting fire fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat | ||
| suppressive fire fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives | ||
| unobserved fire fire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed | ||
| fire - the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire" | ||
| happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens | ||
| backfire a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | ||
| balefire, bonfire a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | ||
| brush fire an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes | ||
| campfire a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | ||
| conflagration, inferno a very intense and uncontrolled fire | ||
| forest fire an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area | ||
| grassfire, prairie fire an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area | ||
| smolder, smoulder a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze" | ||
| fire - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" | ||
| flame, flaming | ||
| combustion, burning a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light | ||
| blazing, blaze a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes" | ||
| flare (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield | ||
| fire - a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked" | ||
| fireplace, open fireplace, hearth an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" | ||
| fire - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" | ||
| attack, flak, flack, blast | ||
| unfavorable judgment, criticism a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated" | ||
| fire - once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) | ||
| element the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes" | ||
| fire - a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation" | ||
| fire - fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire" | ||
| fire - feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" | ||
| ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fervidness | ||
| passionateness, passion a strong feeling or emotion | ||
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| fire - cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" | ||
| discharge | ||
| go off, fire, discharge be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off" | ||
| pop burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven" | ||
| let drive, let fly, loose off fire as from a gun; "The soldiers let drive their bullets" | ||
| blast, shoot shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | ||
| fusillade attack with fusillade | ||
| fire - bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" | ||
| bake cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes" | ||
| cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | ||
| fire - go off or discharge; "The gun fired" | ||
| discharge, go off | ||
| fire - drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" | ||
| chase away, drive away, drive off, dispel, drive out, turn back, run off force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" | ||
| fire - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" | ||
| arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, raise, provoke | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| touch a chord, strike a chord create an emotional response; "The music struck a chord with the listeners" | ||
| ask for, invite ask someone in a friendly way to do something | ||
| draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus" | ||
| rekindle arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" | ||
| infatuate arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" | ||
| prick to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" | ||
| fire up, ignite, heat, stir up, inflame, wake cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" | ||
| shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| excite produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons" | ||
| anger make angry; "The news angered him" | ||
| discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" | ||
| shame surpass or beat by a wide margin | ||
| spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to | ||
| sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome, overwhelm overcome by superior force | ||
| interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of | ||
| fire - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" | ||
| displace, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | ||
| employ, hire, engage engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" | ||
| remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| pension off let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" | ||
| clean out empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers" | ||
| furlough, lay off grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" | ||
| squeeze out force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" | ||
| send packing, send away, dismiss, drop bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" | ||
| fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" | ||
| burn, burn down | ||
| combust, burn cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" | ||
| incinerate, burn become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly" | ||
| destroy, ruin put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" | ||
| backfire set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | ||
| cremate reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse" | ||
| torch burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns" | ||
| scorch become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun" | ||
| fire - start firing a weapon | ||
| open fire | ||
| blast, shoot shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | ||
| fire - provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" | ||
| fuel | ||
| furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" | ||
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Wiktionary
- fire (Noun)
A usually self-sustaining chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. - fire (Noun)
Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire. - fire (Noun)
The often accidental occurrence of fire in a certain place leading to its full or partial destruction. - fire (Noun)
One of the four basic element s. - fire (Noun)
A heater or stove used in place of a real fire such as an electric fire . - fire (Noun)
The elements necessary to start a fire. - fire (Noun)
The in-flight bullets or other projectiles shot from a gun. - fire (Noun)
A button of a joypad, joystick or similar device whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to fire a weapon. - fire (Verb)
To set something on fire. - fire (Verb)
To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc. - fire (Verb)
To drive away by setting a fire. - fire (Verb)
To terminate the employment contract of an employee, especially for cause such as misconduct or poor performance. - fire (Verb)
To shoot a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something. - fire (Verb)
To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon. - fire (Verb)
To shoot; to attempt to score a goal. - fire (Verb)
To cause an action potential in a cell. - fire (Verb)
To forcibly direct something. - fire (Verb)
To initiate an event.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- fire (n.)
The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. - fire (n.)
Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace. - fire (n.)
The burning of a house or town; a conflagration. - fire (n.)
Anything which destroys or affects like fire. - fire (n.)
Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper. - fire (n.)
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal. - fire (n.)
Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star. - fire (n.)
Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction. - fire (n.)
The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire. - fire (v. t.)
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile. - fire (v. t.)
To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery. - fire (v. t.)
To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge. - fire (v. t.)
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man. - fire (v. t.)
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler. - fire (v. t.)
To light up as if by fire; to illuminate. - fire (v. t.)
To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc. - fire (v. t.)
To drive by fire. - fire (v. t.)
To cauterize. - fire (v. i.)
To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle. - fire (v. i.)
To be irritated or inflamed with passion. - fire (v. i.)
To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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The state of combustion in which inflammable material burns, producing heat, flames and often smoke. -
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Uncontrolled burning, conflagration.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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fÄ«r, n. the heat and light caused by burning: flame: anything burning, as fuel in a grate, &c.: a conflagration: torture or death by burning: severe trial: anything inflaming or provoking: ardour of passion: vigour: brightness of fancy: enthusiasm: sexual passion.āv.t. to set on fire: to inflame: to irritate: to animate: to cause the explosion of: to discharge.āv.i. to take fire: to be or become irritated or inflamed: to discharge firearms.ān. Fireā²-alarmā², an alarm of fire, an apparatus for giving such.ān.pl. Fireā²arms, arms or weapons which are discharged by fire exploding gunpowder.āns. Fireā²-arā²row, a small iron dart or arrow furnished with a combustible for setting fire to ships; Fireā²ball, a ball filled with combustibles to be thrown among enemies: a meteor; Fireā²-balloonā², a balloon carrying a fire placed in the lower part for rarefying the air to make itself buoyant: a balloon sent up arranged to ignite at a certain height; Fireā²-basā²ket, a portable grate for a bedroom; Fireā²-blast, a blast or blight affecting plants, in which they appear as if scorched by the sun; Fireā²-boat, a steamboat fitted up to extinguish fires in docks; Fireā²box, the box or chamber (usually copper) of a steam-engine, in which the fire is placed; Fireā²brand, a brand or piece of wood on fire: one who inflames the passions of others; Fireā²brick, a brick so made as to resist the action of fire, used for lining furnaces, &c.; Fireā²-brigadeā², a brigade or company of men for extinguishing fires or conflagrations; Fireā²-buckā²et, a bucket for carrying water to extinguish a fire; Fireā²clay, a kind of clay, capable of resisting fire, used in making firebricks; Fireā²cock, a cock or spout to let out water for extinguishing fires; Fireā²damp, a gas, carburetted hydrogen, in coal-mines, apt to take fire and explode when mixed with atmospheric air; Fireā²-dog (same as Andiron); Fireā²-drake, a fiery meteor, a kind of firework; Fireā²-eatā²er, a juggler who pretends to eat fire: one given to needless quarrelling, a professed duellist; Fireā²-enā²gine, an engine or forcing-pump used to extinguish fires with water; Fireā²-escapeā², a machine used to enable people to escape from fires.āadj. Fireā²-eyed (Shak.), having fiery eyes.āns. Fireā²-flag (Coleridge), Fireā²flaught (Swinburne), a flash of lightning; Fireā²-fly, a name applied to many phosphorescent insects, all included with the Coleoptera or beetles, some giving forth a steady light, others flashing light intermittently (glow-worms, &c.); Fireā²-guard, a framework of wire placed in front of a fireplace.ān.pl. Fireā²-Ä«ā²rons, the ironsāpoker, tongs, and shovelāused for a fire.āns. Fireā²lightā²er, a composition of pitch and sawdust, or the like, for kindling fires; Fireā²lock, a gun in which the fire is caused by a lock with steel and flint; Fireā²man, a man whose business it is to assist in extinguishing fires: a man who tends the fires, as of a steam-engine; Fireā²-masā²ter, the chief of a fire-brigade.āadj. Fireā²-new, new from the fire: brand new: bright.āns. Fireā²-pan, a pan or metal vessel for holding fire; Fireā²place, the place in a house appropriated to the fire: a hearth; Fireā²plug, a plug placed in a pipe which supplies water in case of fire; Fireā²-polā²icy, a written instrument of insurance against fire up to a certain amount; Fireā²-pot, an earthen pot filled with combustibles, used in military operations.āadj. Fireā²proof, proof against fire.āns. Fireā²-proofing, the act of rendering anything fireproof: the materials used; Firā²er, an incendiary; Fireā²-raisā²ing, the crime of arson.āadj. Fireā²-robed (Shak.), robed in fire.āns. Fireā²-screen, a screen for intercepting the heat of the fire; Fireā²-ship, a ship filled with combustibles, to set an enemy's vessels on fire; Fireā²side, the side of the fireplace: the hearth: home.āadj. homely, intimate.āns. Fireā²-stick, the implement used by many primitive peoples for obtaining fire by friction; Fireā²stone, a kind of sandstone that bears a high degree of heat; Fireā²-waā²ter, ardent spirits; Fireā²wood, wood for burning.ān.pl. Fireā²works, artificial works or preparations of gunpowder, sulphur, &c., to be fired chiefly for display or amusement.āns. Fireā²-worā²ship, the worship of fire, chiefly by the Parsees in Persia and India; Fireā²-worā²shipper; Firā²ing, a putting fire to: discharge of guns: firewood: fuel: cauterisation; Firā²ing-parā²ty, a detachment told off to fire over the grave of one buried with military honours, or to shoot one sentenced to death; Firā²ing-point, the temperature at which an inflammable oil will take fire spontaneously.āFire off, to discharge a shot; Fire out (Shak.), to expel; Fire up, to start a fire: to fly into a passion.āSet the Thames on fire, to do something striking; Take fire, to begin to burn: to become aroused about something. [A.S. fĆ½r; Ger. feuer; Gr. pyr.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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Is within the policy of insurance, whether it be by accident, or by the fault of the master or mariners. Also, if a ship be ordered by a state to be burnt to prevent infection, or if she be burnt to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer š„
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In the art of war, a word of command to soldiers of all denominations to discharge their fire-arms, cannon, etc. It likewise expresses a general discharge against an enemy. To be āunder fireā means to be exposed to the attack of an enemy by cannonade or fusilade. The fire in artillery may be either direct, ricochet, rolling, plunging, horizontal, or vertical, according to the nature of the projectile and the angle of elevation. A fire is said to be direct, when the projectile hits the object without striking any intermediate one; ricochet, when the projectile strikes the ground or water under a small angle of fall, penetrates obliquely to a certain distance, and is then reflected at an angle greater than the angle of fall. This action may recur frequently, depending, as it does, on the nature of the surface struck, the initial velocity, shape, size, and density of the projectile, and on the angle of fall. It is employed in siege-works to attain the face of a work in flank, or in reverse; and in the field, or on water, when the object is large, and the distance is not accurately known. The character of ricochet fire is determined by the angle of fall. It is flattened when this angle does not exceed 4Ā°, and curvated when the angle is between 6Ā° and 15Ā°. Against troops the angle of fall should not exceed 3Ā°. A particular kind of ricochet fire called rolling is produced by placing the axis of the piece parallel, or nearly so, with the ground. It was formerly much used when the conditions were favorable in the field service, where it was very effective, as the projectile never passes at a greater distance above the ground than the muzzle of the piece. The projectile was solid round shot; rifled projectiles are unsuited to this kind of fire. When the object is situated below the piece, the fire is said to be plunging. This kind of fire is particularly effective against the decks of vessels. Under low angles of elevation the fire of guns and howitzers is said to be horizontal. The fire of mortars under high angles of elevation is called vertical.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary š
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Well may he smell of fire whose gown burneth.
Wikipedia 
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Fire is a chemical reaction that gives off light and heat. It is one of the most familiar examples of the chemical process of oxidation.
Fire is very hot. It should never be touched, for it may burn anything that gets too close. If touched with human skin, the skin may blister which can take some time to heal. But fire can be very useful if it is treated carefully. It has always been very important for people to be able to make fire, because people need its heat on cold days, or its light in darkness, as well as for cooking.
If fire is not treated carefully, it can be very dangerous. A fire that got out of control once destroyed 17,400 kmĀ² in the United States. Forests can burn down if fires are not controlled. Every year, large areas of forests are destroyed because of fire, particularly in Europe. This usually happens in summer. Firefighters are people with special training to stop fires, or to keep a fire under control.
Fire needs oxygen and fuel to burn. It is the one common fuel to all fires. The other fuels can be wood, tinder, coal, or any other substance that will rapidly oxidize with oxygen. A fire requires two fuels: oxygen and the substance to undergo oxidation.
A fire can be started by ignition, or if the temperature reaches the flash point of the material. A fire can be stopped by starving it of its fuels. The most common technique is to use water to starve it of oxygen.
Fires are usually combustion reactions that take carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The products a
