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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fire \Fire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fired}; p. pr & vb n. {Fring}.] 1. To set on fire; to kindle; as to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile. 2. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as to fire pottery. 3. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge. Love had fired my mind. --Dryden. 4. To animate; to give life or spirit to as to fire the genius of a young man. 5. To feed or serve the fire of as to fire a boiler. 6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate. [The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. --Shak. 7. To cause to explode; as to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc 8. To drive by fire. [Obs.] Till my bad angel fire my good one out --Shak. 9. (Far.) To cauterize. {To fire up}, to light up the fires of as of an engine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fired adj : having lost your job [syn: {discharged}, {dismissed}, {laid-off}, {pink-slipped}]
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