Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - fire
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I. [c red]BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM (fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Please look at category 13 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things that are burning. They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky... Many students were trapped by smoke and fire on an upper floor. N-UNCOUNT 2. Fire or a fire is an occurrence of uncontrolled burning which destroys buildings, forests, or other things. 87 people died in a fire at the Happy Land Social Club... A forest fire is sweeping across portions of north Maine this evening... Much of historic Rennes was destroyed by fire in 1720. N-VAR 3. A fire is a burning pile of wood, coal, or other fuel that you make, for example to use for heat, light, or cooking. There was a fire in the grate... After the killing, he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence. N-COUNT 4. A fire is a device that uses electricity or gas to give out heat and warm a room. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use heater) The gas fire was still alight... N-COUNT: oft n N 5. When a pot or clay object is fired, it is heated at a high temperature in a special oven, as part of the process of making it. After the pot is dipped in this mixture, it is fired... VERB: be V-ed 6. When the engine of a motor vehicle fires, an electrical spark is produced which causes the fuel to burn and the engine to work. The engine fired and we moved off. VERB: V 7. If you fire someone with enthusiasm, you make them feel very enthusiastic. If you fire someone’s imagination, you make them feel interested and excited. ...the potential to fire the imagination of an entire generation... It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion... Both his grandfathers were fired with an enthusiasm for public speaking... VERB: V n, V n with n, be V-ed with n 8. You can use fire to refer in an approving way to someone’s energy and enthusiasm. I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire... = passion N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]approval 9. If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning. The aircraft caught fire soon after take-off. PHRASE: V inflects 10. If something is on fire, it is burning and being damaged or destroyed by an uncontrolled fire. The captain radioed that the ship was on fire. = burning PHRASE: v-link PHR 11. If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems. Schulte warned government and industrial leaders that those who even venture to think about mass layoffs are playing with fire. PHRASE: V inflects 12. If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it. They set fire to vehicles outside that building... Lightning set several buildings on fire. PHRASE: V inflects 13. to have irons on the fire: see iron like a house on fire: see house there’s no smoke without fire: see smoke II. [c red]SHOOTING OR ATTACKING (fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Please look at category 13 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. If someone fires a gun or a bullet, or if they fire, a bullet is sent from a gun that they are using. Seven people were wounded when soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds... The gun was fired and Beaton was wounded a second time... Seventeen people were killed when security forces fired on demonstrators... They were firing. I screamed at them to stop. VERB: V n, V n, V on n, V • firing The firing continued even while the protestors were fleeing. N-UNCOUNT 2. You can use fire to refer to the shots fired from a gun or guns. His car was raked with fire from automatic weapons... The two were reportedly killed in an exchange of fire during a police raid. = gunfire N-UNCOUNT 3. If you fire an arrow, you send it from a bow. He fired an arrow into a clearing in the forest. = shoot VERB: V n 4. If you fire questions at someone, you ask them a lot of questions very quickly, one after another. They were bombarded by more than 100 representatives firing questions on pollution. VERB: V n 5. If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it. The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute... PHRASE: V inflects 6. If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting. Devereux ordered his men to hold their fire until the ships got closer. PHRASE: V inflects 7. If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action. Observers reckon the Bank of England will hold fire until nearer the Budget. = hold back PHRASE: V inflects 8. If you are in the line of fire, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. If you move into their line of fire, you move into a position between them and the thing they were aiming at. He cheerfully blows away any bad guy stupid enough to get in his line of fire... The man and his son had been pushed into the line of fire by their captors. PHRASE 9. If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them. Then without warning, the troops opened fire on the crowd. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR on n 10. If you return fire or you return someone’s fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you. The soldiers returned fire after being attacked. PHRASE: V inflects 11. If you come under fire or are under fire, someone starts shooting at you. The Belgians fell back as the infantry came under fire. PHRASE: usu v PHR, v-link PHR 12. If you come under fire from someone or are under fire, they criticize you strongly. The president’s plan first came under fire from critics who said he hadn’t included enough spending cuts. PHRASE: usu v PHR, v-link PHR 13. to fire from the hip: see hip III. [c red]DISMISSAL (fires, firing, fired) If an employer fires you, they dismiss you from your job. If he hadn’t been so good at the rest of his job, I probably would have fired him... She was sent a box of chocolates along with a letter saying she was fired. = sack VERB: V n, V n • firing There was yet another round of firings. N-COUNT
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abbreviation finance, insurance, and real estate FIRE I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fy?r; akin to Old High German fiur ~, Greek pyr Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat (2) one of the four elements of the alchemists b. (1) burning passion ; ardor (2) liveliness of imagination ; inspiration 2. a. fuel in a state of combustion (as on a hearth) b. British a small gas or electric space heater 3. a. a destructive burning (as of a building) b. (1) death or torture by ~ (2) severe trial or ordeal 4. brilliancy, luminosity the ~ of a gem 5. a. the firing of weapons (as ~arms, artillery, or missiles) b. intense verbal attack or criticism c. a rapidly delivered series (as of remarks) • ~less adjective II. verb (~d; firing) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to set on ~ ; kindle; also ignite ~ a rocket engine b. (1) to give life or spirit to ; inspire the description ~d his imagination (2) to fill with passion or enthusiasm — often used with up c. to light up as if by ~ d. to cause to start operating — usually used with up ~d up the engine 2. a. to drive out or away by or as if by ~ b. to dismiss from a position 3. a. (1) to cause to explode ; detonate (2) to propel from or as if from a gun ; discharge, launch ~ a rocket (3) shoot 1b ~ a gun (4) to score (a number) in a game or contest b. to throw with speed or force ~d the ball to first base ~ a left jab c. to utter with force and rapidity 4. to apply ~ or fuel to: as a. to process by applying heat ~ pottery b. to feed or serve the ~ of ~ a boiler intransitive verb 1. a. to take ~ ; kindle, ignite b. to begin operation ; start the engine ~d c. to operate especially as the result of the application of an electrical impulse the spark plug ~s 2. a. to become irritated or angry — often used with up b. to...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a the state or process of combustion, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and usu. give out bright light and heat. b the active principle operative in this. c flame or incandescence. 2 a conflagration, a destructive burning (forest fire). 3 a burning fuel in a grate, furnace, etc. b = electric fire. c = gas fire. 4 firing of guns. 5 a fervour, spirit, vivacity. b poetic inspiration, lively imagination. c vehement emotion. 6 burning heat, fever. 7 luminosity, glow (St Elmo's fire). --v. 1 a tr. discharge (a gun etc.). b tr. propel (a missile) from a gun etc. c intr. (often foll. by at, into, on) fire a gun or missile. d tr. produce (a broadside, salute, etc.) by discharge of guns. e intr. (of a gun etc.) be discharged. 2 tr. cause (explosive) to explode. 3 tr. deliver or utter in rapid succession (fired insults at us). 4 tr. sl. dismiss (an employee) from a job. 5 tr. a set fire to with the intention of destroying. b kindle (explosives). 6 intr. catch fire. 7 intr. (of an internal-combustion engine, or a cylinder in one) undergo ignition of its fuel. 8 tr. supply (a furnace, engine, boiler, or power station) with fuel. 9 tr. a stimulate (the imagination). b fill (a person) with enthusiasm. 10 tr. a bake or dry (pottery, bricks, etc.). b cure (tea or tobacco) by artificial heat. 11 intr. become heated or excited. 12 tr. cause to glow or redden. Phrases and idioms catch fire begin to burn. fire-alarm a device for giving warning of fire. fire and brimstone the supposed torments of hell. fire away colloq. begin; go ahead. fire-ball 1 a large meteor. 2 a ball of flame, esp. from a nuclear explosion. 3 an energetic person. 4 ball lightning. 5 Mil. hist. a ball filled with combustibles. fire-balloon a balloon made buoyant by the heat of a fire burning at its mouth. fire-blight a disease of plants, esp. hops and fruit trees, causing a scorched appearance. fire-bomb an incendiary bomb. fire-break an obstacle to the spread of fire in a forest etc., esp. an open space. fire-brick a...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) огонь подвергаться изменениям под действием огня 2) пожар загораться; воспламенять(ся); поджигать 3) топить 4) отапливать, обогревать 5) обжигать; прокаливать 6) авто зажигать, воспламенять (топливную смесь) 7) детонировать (заряд ВВ) 8) сушить на открытом огне (табак, чайный лист) to bring fire under control — локализовать пожар; to fire up — сил. выводить печь - active fire - cross fire - deep-seated fire - disastrous fire - electric fire - exposure fire - heavy fire - mine fire - oil fire - open fire - reflector fire - ring fire - sort fire - spill fire - spoil fire - spontaneous fire - subsurface fire ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) вести огонь 2) воспламеняться 3) дымографный 4) зажигать 5) колосниковый 6) костер 7) обжигать 8) огневой 9) огненный 10) огнестойкость 11) огнеупорный 12) огонь 13) машиностр. отпирать 14) пал 15) пирометаллургический 16) пламень 17) пламя 18) пожар 19) пожарный 20) прокаливать 21) противопожарный 22) срабатывать 23) топить aircraft fire sprinkler — аэро опрыскиватель авиапожарный dry powder fire extinguisher — сухой огнетушитель fire a multiple shot — взрывать группу зарядов fire alarm box — известитель пожарный fire coat of enamel — обжигать эмаль fire control computer — счетно-решающее устройство для управления артиллерийским огнем fire control director — прибор управления артиллерийским огнем fire dies out — огонь гаснет fire holes in multiples — взрывать шпуры группами fire resistance test — испытание на огнестойкость fire rocket engine — запускать ракетный двигатель fire sample bullet — выстреливать боек грунтоноса fire shots in rounds — взрывать шпуры циклами fire with fuze — взрывать огнепроводным шнуром foam fire extinguisher — пенный огнетушитель heat-actuated fire door — автоматическая пожарная дверь incipient stage of fire — зарождающийся пожар portable fire extinguisher — переносной огнетушитель soda-and-acid fire extinguisher — щелочно-кислотный огнетушитель wide-spray fire pump — широкозахватный...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. гл. 1) общ. зажигать, поджигать, разжигать; воспламенять(ся), загораться 2) общ. воодушевлять, воспламенять; воодушевляться, загораться (чем-либо) to fire with anger with pride — разжигать гнев гордость 3) воен. стрелять 4) упр., амер., сленг увольнять, выгонять с работы to fire from a job — увольнять с работы Syn: dismiss, discharge, sack, give notice, terminate See: boot, quit 2. сущ. 1) общ. огонь, пламя 2) общ. пожар FIRE гл. увольнять, выгонять с работы - damage by fire - fire alarm - fire prevention ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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огонь, пожар; пал – creeping fire – crown fire – grassland fire – ground fire – peat-bog fire – surface fire ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. огонь, пламя fire endurance —- огнестойкость fire point —- тех. температура воспламенения to keep up a good fire —- поддерживать сильный огонь to be on fire —- гореть; быть в огне (в пламени) to set on fire, to set fire to —- поджигать to catch (to take) fire —- загораться, воспламеняться to cook smth. on a slow fire —- готовить что-л. на медленном огне to strike fire —- высекать огонь to lay the (a) fire —- разложить огонь (костер) 2. топка, печь, камин electric fire —- электрическая печка; электрический камин gas fire —- газовая плита; газовый камин to light the fire, to make up the fire —- развести огонь, затопить печку to stir (to poke) the fire —- помешать в печке to nurse the fire —- поддерживать огонь to mend the fire —- усиливать огонь, подбрасывать дрова и т. п. to blow the fire —- раздувать огонь; разжигать недовольство (страсть, вражду и т. п.) 3. пожар forest fires —- лесные пожары fire prevention —- противопожарная техника; противопожарные мероприятия house that has suffered fire —- дом, пострадавший от пожара 4. жар, лихорадка St. Anthony's fire —- мед. антонов огонь, рожистое воспаление, рожа 5. пыл, воодушевление; живость sacred fire —- "священный огонь", вдохновение fire and fury —- пламенность, неистовая страсть full of fire and courage —- пылкий и мужественный 6. воен. орудийный огонь, стрельба running fire —- беглый...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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sale noun распродажа по сниженным ценам FIRE 1. noun 1) огонь, пламя it is too warm for fires - слишком тепло, чтобы топить to light (to make up) the fire - затопить печку to nurse the fire - поддерживать огонь to stir the fire - помешать в печке between two fires fig. - меж(ду) двух огней - strike fire - lay a fire - electric fire - gas fire - blow the fire 2) пожар to catch/take fire - загореться; fig. зажечься чем-л. to be on fire - гореть; fig. быть в возбуждении to set fire to smth., to set smth. on fire, amer. to set a fire - поджигать что-л. 3) пыл, воодушевление; poet. вдохновение 4) свечение 5) жар, лихорадка 6) mil. огонь, стрельба to be under fire - подвергаться обстрелу; fig. служить мишенью нападок - stand fire - running fire not to set the Thames on fire - звезд с неба не хватать to play with fire - играть с огнем to fight fire with fire - клин клином вышибать Syn: blaze, conflagration, flame 2. v. 1) зажигать, поджигать to fire a house - поджечь дом 2) воспламенять(ся) 3) топить (печь) 4) загораться 5) воодушевлять; возбуждать (into) The speaker fired the crowd into marching to Parliament with their demands. 6) обжигать (кирпичи); сушить (чай и т.п.) 7) vet. прижигать (каленым железом) 8) стрелять, палить, вести огонь (at, on, upon) to fire a mine - взрывать мину - fire away 9) coll. увольнять - fire ahead - fire at - fire off - fire out - fire up Syn: see kindle FIRE ahead начинать Fire ahead, were all listening. FIRE at обращать (речь) к кому-л....Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 »BURNING« the flames, light and heat produced when something burns (The warehouse was completely destroyed by fire. | be on fire (=be burning)) (The house is on fire! | catch fire/catch on fire (=start to burn)) (Mary knocked the candle over and the table cloth caught on fire. | set sth on fire/set fire to sth (=make something start burning)) (Sparks from the fireplace could easily set the curtains on fire. | Rioters set fire to a whole row of stores.) 2 »UNCONTROLLED FIRE« burning material that you did not light deliberately and that burns things you do not want to be damaged (Thirty people died in a fire in downtown Chicago. | start a fire (=deliberately make a fire start burning) | a fire breaks out (=a fire starts suddenly)) (A fire broke out in the kitchens of the hotel. | put out a fire (=stop a fire burning)) (It took firemen several hours to put out the fire. | fight a fire (=try to stop a fire burning) | forest/brush fire (=a very large fire in the forest or in an area of grass)) 3 »CONTROLLED FIRE« burning material that you have lit to provide heat, cook food etc (a cheerful fire crackling in the fire place | make/build/light a fire (=start one burning)) (You put up the tent and I'll start the fire. | put out the fire (=stop it burning)) (Smoke billowed up as he poured sand over the fire.) 4 »SHOOTING« an act of shooting, especially of many guns at the same time (You will soon be facing enemy fire. | be under fire (=be shot at)) (Our platoon was under fire from a machine gun position. | come under fire (=be shot at)) (The planes came under anti-aircraft fire. | open fire (=start shooting)) (Troops opened fire on the rebels. | hold your fire (=stop shooting) | be in the line of fire (=be where you may be hit if someone shoots)) 5 »HEATING EQUIPMENT« BrE a machine that produces heat to warm a room, using gas or electricity as power (Turn on the fire, I'm cold. | a gas fire) 6 »CRITICISM« under fire being criticized very strongly for something you have done (The...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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U.S. gov. abbr. Freedom Is Real Education transport. abbr. Funtionally Integrated Railway Electronics ocean sc. abbr. First ISCCP Regional Experiment univ. abbr. First ISCCP Regional Experiment funny abbr. Feminist International Radio Endeavor funny abbr. Feminist Issues Rights And Education softw. abbr. Faith Intercession Repentance And Evangelism gen. comp. abbr. Fully Integrated Robotised Engine non-prof. org. abbr. Friends For International Relief And Education sport abbr. Free Internet Roleplay Experiences sport abbr. Fully Integrated Racquet Engineering religion abbr. First In Relationship Education religion abbr. Faith Intercession Repentance Evangelism religion abbr. Family Intergenerational Religious Education religion abbr. Family Integrity Responsibility And Enthusiasm religion abbr. Foundations For Intimate Relationship Encounters religion abbr. Fellowship Inspiration Righteousness And Edification religion abbr. Fellowship For International Revival And Evangelism law abbr. Forensic And Incident Response Environment conf. abbr. Florida International Reptile Expo gen. bus. abbr. Fire Insurance And Real Estate NASDAQ abbr. Firepond, Inc. account. abbr. Finance Insurance And Real Estate ...English abbreviation dictionary
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See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE, CATCH FIRE, DRAW FIRE, FAT'S IN THE FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, HANG FIRE, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD, HOLD ONE'S FIRE or HOLD FIRE, IRON IN THE FIRE, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING, LINE OF FIRE, ON FIRE, OPEN FIRE, OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE, PLAY WITH FIRE, PULL ONE'S CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE, SET FIRE TO, SET THE WORLD ON FIRE, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED, UNDER FIRE. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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