Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat
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Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
- (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- (countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A firearm.
- (countable, figurative) A barrage, volley
- (astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- (gemology) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.
Huudahdus
Verbi
- (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
- (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
- (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- (astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
- (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- (transitive, farriery) To cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).
- (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
- (intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train.
- (slang, usually with "up") To start (an engine).
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.
Adjektiivi
Esimerkit
- We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.
- We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
- There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
- During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
- The fire was laid and needed to be lit.
- The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.
- He had fire in his temper.
- And bless their critic with a poet's fire.
- Stars, hide your fires.
- As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires.
- Press fire to fire the gun.
- "Then I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired my heap of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby, led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time." ¶ "You fired the house!" exclaimed Kemp. ¶ "Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail—and no doubt it was insured."
- It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.
- If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
- They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.
- So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[...]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
- Till my bad angel fire my good one out.
- The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’.
- We will fire our guns at the enemy.
- He fired his radar gun at passing cars.
- Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
- His nail gun fired about twenty roofing nails a minute.
- Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.
- When a neuron fires, it transmits information.
- He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.
- The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.
- to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge
- Love had fired my mind.
- to fire the genius of a young man
- to fire a boiler
- [The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
- She was fired from her job.
- Elle fut virée de son boulot.
- Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
- "Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail—and no doubt it was insured." (H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man, 1897)
- fire a gun
- We have to fire employees to save money.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | fired | Imperfekti | fired |
| Partisiipin preesens | firing | Monikko | fires |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | fires | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | fireth (vanhahtava) |
Luokat
(uncountable) 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.
An outdoor wood fire
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
Here, food is cooked in a cauldron above fire in South Africa.
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
The Great Fire of London (1666) and Hamburg after four fire-bombing raids in July 1943, which killed an estimated 50,000 people
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
Fire during the winter solstice ceremony (Most Worshipful Grand National Mexican Lodge "Independencia No. 2") at the Tlatelolco Conventions Center (Manuel González 171, col. San Simón Tolnáhuac, del. Cuauhtémoc).
(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
Australian soldiers conducting a fire and movement operation during a combined arms training exercise, 2001
(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
Schematic depiction of the fire and movement tactic.