fire

nounburning

nounbarrage of projectiles
nounanimation, vigor
verbcause to burn
verbdetonate or throw a weapon
verbexcite, arouse
verbdismiss from responsibility

Word Origin & History

Old English fyr, from Proto-Germanic *fuir (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian fiur, Old Norse fürr, Middle Dutch and Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer), from PIE *perjos, from root *paewr- (cf. Armenian hur "fire, torch," Czech pyr "hot ashes," Greek pyr, Umbrian pir, Sanskrit pu, Hittite pahhur "fire").

Current spelling is attested as early as 1200, but did not fully displace Middle English fier (preserved in fiery) until c.1600.

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Example Sentences for fire

Of course, we all like to play with fire, but I always put it out before it can spread.

Finally they had been compelled to fire on them, but had not killed any.

The tempest suppressed his voice, as it had put out the fire.

He had his revolver on the fellow in the instant, and yet he held his fire.

By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well—a fire in the minds of men.

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