fire 音标拼音: [f'ɑɪɚ] [f'ɑɪr]
n . 火,火灾,闪光,炮火,热情
vt . 点燃,烧制,使发光,激动,放枪,解雇
vi . 开枪
火,火灾,闪光,炮火,热情点燃,烧制,使发光,激动,放枪,解雇开枪
fire 火 射
fire n 1 :
the event of something burning (
often destructive ); "
they lost everything in the fire "
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
fire },
{
firing }]
3 :
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (
often )
smoke ; "
fire was one of our ancestors '
first discoveries " [
synonym : {
fire }, {
flame },
{
flaming }]
4 :
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning ;
"
they sat by the fire and talked "
5 :
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (
Empedocles )
6 :
feelings of great warmth and intensity ; "
he spoke with great ardor " [
synonym : {
ardor }, {
ardour }, {
fervor }, {
fervour },
{
fervency }, {
fire }, {
fervidness }]
7 :
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking ; "
put the kettle on the fire "; "
barbecue over an open fire "
8 :
a severe trial ; "
he went through fire and damnation "
9 :
intense adverse criticism ; "
Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party "; "
the government has come under attack ";
"
don '
t give me any flak " [
synonym : {
fire }, {
attack }, {
flak },
{
flack }, {
blast }]
v 1 :
start firing a weapon [
synonym : {
open fire }, {
fire }]
2 :
cause to go off ; "
fire a gun "; "
fire a bullet " [
synonym : {
fire },
{
discharge }]
3 :
bake in a kiln so as to harden ; "
fire pottery "
4 :
terminate the employment of ;
discharge from an office or position ; "
The boss fired his secretary today "; "
The company terminated 25 %
of its workers " [
synonym : {
displace }, {
fire },
{
give notice }, {
can }, {
dismiss }, {
give the axe }, {
send away },
{
sack }, {
force out }, {
give the sack }, {
terminate }] [
ant :
{
employ }, {
engage }, {
hire }]
5 :
go off or discharge ; "
The gun fired " [
synonym : {
fire },
{
discharge }, {
go off }]
6 :
drive out or away by or as if by fire ; "
The soldiers were fired "; "
Surrender fires the cold skepticism "
7 :
call forth (
emotions ,
feelings ,
and responses ); "
arouse pity "; "
raise a smile "; "
evoke sympathy " [
synonym : {
arouse },
{
elicit }, {
enkindle }, {
kindle }, {
evoke }, {
fire }, {
raise },
{
provoke }]
8 :
destroy by fire ; "
They burned the house and his diaries "
[
synonym : {
burn }, {
fire }, {
burn down }]
9 :
provide with fuel ; "
Oil fires the furnace " [
synonym : {
fuel },
{
fire }]
Command \
Com *
mand "\,
n .
1 .
An authoritative order requiring obedience ;
a mandate ;
an injunction .
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Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose . --
Milton .
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2 .
The possession or exercise of authority .
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Command and force may often create ,
but can never cure ,
an aversion . --
Locke .
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3 .
Authority ;
power or right of control ;
leadership ;
as ,
the forces under his command .
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4 .
Power to dominate ,
command ,
or overlook by means of position ;
scope of vision ;
survey .
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The steepy stand Which overlooks the vale with wide command .
--
Dryden .
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5 .
Control ;
power over something ;
sway ;
influence ;
as ,
to have command over one '
s temper or voice ;
the fort has command of the bridge .
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He assumed an absolute command over his readers .
--
Dryden .
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6 .
A body of troops ,
or any naval or military force or post ,
or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer .
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{
Word of command } (
Mil .),
a word or phrase of definite and established meaning ,
used in directing the movements of soldiers ;
as , {
aim }; {
fire }; {
shoulder arms },
etc .
Syn :
Control ;
sway ;
power ;
authority ;
rule ;
dominion ;
sovereignty ;
mandate ;
order ;
injunction ;
charge ;
behest .
See {
Direction }.
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Fire \
Fire \ (
f [
imac ]
r ),
n . [
OE .
fir ,
fyr ,
fur AS .
f [=
y ]
r ;
akin to D .
vuur ,
OS . &
OHG .
fiur ,
G .
feuer ,
Icel .
f [=
y ]
ri ,
f [=
u ]
rr ,
Gr .
py ^
r ,
and perh .
to L .
purus pure ,
E .
pure Cf .
{
Empyrean }, {
Pyre }.]
1 .
The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies ;
combustion ;
state of ignition .
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Note :
The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called flame .
Anciently ,
fire ,
air ,
earth ,
and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed .
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2 .
Fuel in a state of combustion ,
as on a hearth ,
or in a stove or a furnace .
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3 .
The burning of a house or town ;
a conflagration .
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4 .
Anything which destroys or affects like fire .
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5 .
Ardor of passion ,
whether love or hate ;
excessive warmth ;
consuming violence of temper .
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he had fire in his temper . --
Atterbury .
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6 .
Liveliness of imagination or fancy ;
intellectual and moral enthusiasm ;
capacity for ardor and zeal .
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And bless their critic with a poet '
s fire . --
Pope .
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7 .
Splendor ;
brilliancy ;
luster ;
hence ,
a star .
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Stars ,
hide your fires . --
Shak .
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As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires . --
Milton .
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8 .
Torture by burning ;
severe trial or affliction .
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9 .
The discharge of firearms ;
firing ;
as ,
the troops were exposed to a heavy fire .
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{
Blue fire }, {
Red fire }, {
Green fire } (
Pyrotech .),
compositions of various combustible substances ,
as sulphur ,
niter ,
lampblack ,
etc .,
the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts ,
as those of antimony ,
strontium ,
barium ,
etc .
{
Fire alarm }
(
a )
A signal given on the breaking out of a fire .
(
b )
An apparatus for giving such an alarm .
{
Fire annihilator },
a machine ,
device ,
or preparation to be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas ,
as carbonic acid .
{
Fire balloon }.
(
a )
A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part .
(
b )
A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height . --
Simmonds .
{
Fire bar },
a grate bar .
{
Fire basket },
a portable grate ;
a cresset . --
Knight .
{
Fire beetle }. (
Zool .)
See in the Vocabulary .
{
Fire blast },
a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire .
{
Fire box },
the chamber of a furnace ,
steam boiler ,
etc .,
for the fire .
{
Fire brick },
a refractory brick ,
capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion ,
usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material ,
with some cementing substance ,
and used for lining fire boxes ,
etc .
{
Fire brigade },
an organized body of men for extinguished fires .
{
Fire bucket }.
See under {
Bucket }.
{
Fire bug },
an incendiary ;
one who ,
from malice or through mania ,
persistently sets fire to property ;
a pyromaniac .
[
U .
S .]
{
Fire clay }.
See under {
Clay }.
{
Fire company },
a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires .
{
Fire cross }.
See {
Fiery cross }. [
Obs .] --
Milton .
{
Fire damp }.
See under {
Damp }.
{
Fire dog }.
See {
Firedog },
in the Vocabulary .
{
Fire drill }.
(
a )
A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice .
(
b )
An apparatus for producing fire by friction ,
by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket ; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time ,
and by many savage peoples .
{
Fire eater }.
(
a )
A juggler who pretends to eat fire .
(
b )
A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays ;
a hotspur .
[
Colloq .]
{
Fire engine },
a portable forcing pump ,
usually on wheels ,
for throwing water to extinguish fire .
{
Fire escape },
a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings .
{
Fire gilding } (
Fine Arts ),
a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver ,
the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat .
{
Fire gilt } (
Fine Arts ),
gold laid on by the process of fire gilding .
{
Fire insurance },
the act or system of insuring against fire ;
also ,
a contract by which an insurance company undertakes ,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage --
usually made periodically --
to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period .
{
Fire irons },
utensils for a fireplace or grate ,
as tongs ,
poker ,
and shovel .
{
Fire main },
a pipe for water ,
to be used in putting out fire .
{
Fire master }
(
Mil ),
an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks .
{
Fire office },
an office at which to effect insurance against fire .
{
Fire opal },
a variety of opal giving firelike reflections .
{
Fire ordeal },
an ancient mode of trial ,
in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red -
hot irons . --
Abbot .
{
Fire pan },
a pan for holding or conveying fire ,
especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun .
{
Fire plug },
a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street ,
building ,
etc .,
for extinguishing fires .
{
Fire policy },
the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire .
{
Fire pot }.
(
a ) (
Mil .)
A small earthen pot filled with combustibles ,
formerly used as a missile in war .
(
b )
The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace .
(
c )
A crucible .
(
d )
A solderer '
s furnace .
{
Fire raft },
a raft laden with combustibles ,
used for setting fire to an enemy '
s ships .
{
Fire roll },
a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire .
{
Fire setting } (
Mining ),
the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode ,
to facilitate excavation ,
by exposing it to the action of fire ; --
now generally superseded by the use of explosives . --
Raymond .
{
Fire ship },
a vessel filled with combustibles ,
for setting fire to an enemy '
s ships .
{
Fire shovel },
a shovel for taking up coals of fire .
{
Fire stink },
the stench from decomposing iron pyrites ,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide . --
Raymond .
{
Fire surface },
the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion ;
heating surface .
{
Fire swab },
a swab saturated with water ,
for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder ,
etc .
--
Farrow .
{
Fire teaser },
in England ,
the fireman of a steam emgine .
{
Fire water },
a strong alcoholic beverage ; --
so called by the American Indians .
{
Fire worship },
the worship of fire ,
which prevails chiefly in Persia ,
among the followers of Zoroaster ,
called Chebers ,
or Guebers ,
and among the Parsees of India .
{
Greek fire }.
See under {
Greek }.
{
On fire },
burning ;
hence ,
ardent ;
passionate ;
eager ;
zealous .
{
Running fire },
the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops .
{
St .
Anthony '
s fire },
erysipelas ; --
an eruptive fever which St .
Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously . --
Hoblyn .
{
St .
Elmo '
s fire }.
See under {
Saint Elmo }.
{
To set on fire },
to inflame ;
to kindle .
{
To take fire },
to begin to burn ;
to fly into a passion .
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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 .
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2 .
To subject to intense heat ;
to bake ;
to burn in a kiln ;
as ,
to fire pottery .
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3 .
To inflame ;
to irritate ,
as the passions ;
as ,
to fire the soul with anger ,
pride ,
or revenge .
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Love had fired my mind . --
Dryden .
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4 .
To animate ;
to give life or spirit to ;
as ,
to fire the genius of a young man .
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5 .
To feed or serve the fire of ;
as ,
to fire a boiler .
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6 .
To light up as if by fire ;
to illuminate .
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[
The sun ]
fires the proud tops of the eastern pines .
--
Shak .
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7 .
To cause to explode ;
as ,
to fire a torpedo ;
to disharge ;
as ,
to fire a rifle ,
pistol ,
or cannon ;
to fire cannon balls ,
rockets ,
etc .
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8 .
To drive by fire . [
Obs .]
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Till my bad angel fire my good one out . --
Shak .
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9 . (
Far .)
To cauterize .
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10 .
to dismiss from employment ,
a post ,
or other job ;
to cause (
a person )
to cease being an employee ; --
of a person .
The act of firing is usually performed by that person '
s supervisor or employer . "
You can '
t fire me !
I quit !"
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PJC ]
{
To fire up },
1 .
to light up the fires of ,
as of an engine ;
also ,
figuratively ,
to start up any machine .
2 .
to render enthusiastic ; --
of people .
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Fire \
Fire \,
v .
i .
1 .
To take fire ;
to be kindled ;
to kindle .
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2 .
To be irritated or inflamed with passion .
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3 .
To discharge artillery or firearms ;
as ,
they fired on the town .
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{
To fire up },
to grow irritated or angry . "
He . . .
fired up ,
and stood vigorously on his defense ." --
Macaulay .
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672 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fire ":
abandon ,
afflatus ,
afire ,
aflame ,
aggressiveness ,
agitate ,
aim at ,
air ,
air -
dry ,
alight ,
anhydrate ,
animate ,
animating spirit ,
animation ,
animus ,
annoy ,
antiaircraft fire ,
ardency ,
ardent ,
ardor ,
arouse ,
aroused ,
atom ,
atomic particles ,
awake ,
awaken ,
ax ,
axe ,
backfire ,
bake ,
balefire ,
bang ,
bank ,
barbecue ,
barrage ,
baste ,
beacon ,
beacon fire ,
begin ,
blanch ,
blast ,
blast away ,
blast off ,
blaze ,
blaze up ,
blazing ,
blitz ,
blot ,
blow out ,
blow the coals ,
blow up ,
boil ,
bombard ,
bombardment ,
bonfire ,
boot ,
boot out ,
bounce ,
bowl ,
braise ,
break ,
brew ,
broadside ,
broil ,
brown ,
brush ,
brute matter ,
building block ,
bump ,
burn ,
burning ,
burning ghat ,
burning pain ,
burst ,
bust ,
calenture ,
call forth ,
call up ,
campfire ,
can ,
candle ,
cannon ,
cannonade ,
cashier ,
cast ,
cast at ,
catapult ,
chafe ,
charge ,
charring ,
cheerful fire ,
chemical element ,
childbed fever ,
chuck ,
chuck at ,
chunk ,
cock ,
coddle ,
combustion ,
commence ,
commence firing ,
commitment ,
committedness ,
component ,
conflagrate ,
conflagration ,
constituent ,
continued fever ,
cook ,
corposant ,
cozy fire ,
crackling fire ,
crematory ,
cross fire ,
cure ,
curry ,
curtain fire ,
dart ,
dash ,
death fire ,
dedication ,
defrock ,
degrade ,
dehumidify ,
dehydrate ,
delay ,
delirium ,
demote ,
deplume ,
depose ,
deprive ,
desiccate ,
detonate ,
devil ,
devotedness ,
devotion ,
devoutness ,
direct fire ,
disbar ,
discharge ,
disemploy ,
dismiss ,
displace ,
displume ,
dive in ,
divine afflatus ,
do ,
do to perfection ,
drain ,
drive ,
drop ,
drum out ,
dry ,
dry fire ,
dynamize ,
eager ,
eagerness ,
earnestness ,
earth ,
eclat ,
ecstasy ,
eject ,
elan ,
electric light bulb ,
electric -
heat ,
electrify ,
element ,
elementary particle ,
elementary unit ,
embue ,
energize ,
energy ,
enfilade ,
enkindle ,
enliven ,
enlivenment ,
enrage ,
enterprise ,
enthuse ,
enthusiasm ,
enthusiastic ,
eruptive fever ,
evaporate ,
exalt ,
excite ,
excited ,
excitement ,
exhilarate ,
exhilaration ,
expel ,
explode ,
exsiccate ,
faith ,
faithfulness ,
fall to ,
fan ,
fan the fire ,
fan the flame ,
febricity ,
febrility ,
feed ,
feed the fire ,
feeling ,
fell ,
fen fire ,
ferment ,
fervency ,
fervent ,
fervid ,
fervidness ,
fervor ,
fever ,
fever heat ,
fever of excitement ,
feverishness ,
fidelity ,
fieriness ,
file fire ,
fire a volley ,
fire at ,
fire of demolition ,
fire off ,
fire up ,
fire upon ,
firepower ,
fireworks ,
firing ,
flack ,
flak ,
flame ,
flame up ,
flaming ,
flare ,
flare up ,
flashing point ,
flicker ,
flickering flame ,
fling ,
fling at ,
flip ,
flush ,
foment ,
forest fire ,
fork ,
fox fire ,
frenzy ,
fricassee ,
frizz ,
frizzle ,
fry ,
fulminate ,
fundamental particle ,
funeral pyre ,
furlough ,
furor ,
fury ,
fusillade ,
galvanize ,
gas -
heat ,
genius ,
get to ,
get -
up -
and -
go ,
ginger ,
give the ax ,
give the gate ,
glare ,
glaze ,
glim ,
glow ,
go ahead ,
go off ,
griddle ,
grill ,
ground fire ,
gun ,
gun for ,
gunfight ,
gunfire ,
gunplay ,
gusto ,
hang fire ,
head into ,
heart ,
hearten ,
heartiness ,
heat ,
heat up ,
heatedness ,
heave ,
heave at ,
hectic ,
hectic fever ,
hectic flush ,
heighten ,
high -
angle fire ,
hit ,
holocaust ,
horizontal fire ,
hot ,
hot up ,
hot -
air -
heat ,
hot -
blooded ,
hot -
water -
heat ,
hurl ,
hurl against ,
hurl at ,
hurrah ,
hurtle ,
hyle ,
hyperpyrexia ,
hyperthermia ,
hypostasis ,
ignis fatuus ,
ignite ,
ignition ,
illuminant ,
illuminator ,
imbue ,
impassion ,
impassionedness ,
incandescent body ,
incense ,
incite ,
infect ,
infection ,
inferno ,
inflame ,
inform ,
infuriate ,
infuse ,
infusion ,
ingle ,
initiative ,
inject ,
inoculate ,
insolate ,
inspiration ,
inspire ,
inspired ,
inspirit ,
instigate ,
intense ,
intensify ,
intensity ,
intentness ,
interdiction fire ,
intermittent fever ,
invigorate ,
jazz up ,
jerk ,
jump off ,
key up ,
kick ,
kick off ,
kick out ,
kick upstairs ,
kiln ,
kindle ,
lambent flame ,
lamp ,
lance ,
lantern ,
lather up ,
launch ,
lay off ,
let fly ,
let fly at ,
let go ,
let off ,
let out ,
light ,
light bulb ,
light source ,
light the fuse ,
light up ,
liveliness ,
liven ,
load ,
lob ,
loyalty ,
luminant ,
luminary ,
machine -
gun fire ,
madden ,
make redundant ,
marshfire ,
match ,
material ,
material world ,
materiality ,
matter ,
mold ,
molecule ,
monad ,
moon ,
mortar ,
mortar fire ,
motivate ,
move ,
moving spirit ,
mull ,
mummify ,
musketry ,
natural world ,
nature ,
nettle ,
on fire ,
open fire ,
open up on ,
oust ,
oven -
bake ,
overexcite ,
overheat ,
pan ,
pan -
broil ,
parboil ,
parch ,
pass ,
passion ,
passionate ,
passionateness ,
peg ,
pelt ,
pension off ,
pep ,
pep up ,
pepper ,
percussion fire ,
perk up ,
physical world ,
pick off ,
pique ,
piss and vinegar ,
pistol ,
pistol fire ,
pitch ,
pitch in ,
pitchfork ,
pizzazz ,
play with fire ,
plenum ,
plug ,
plunge into ,
poach ,
poop ,
pop at ,
pot ,
potshoot ,
potshot ,
prairie fire ,
preheat ,
prepare ,
prepare food ,
prime ,
project ,
propel ,
protein fever ,
provoke ,
puerperal fever ,
punch ,
push ,
put ,
put the shot ,
put up to ,
pyre ,
pyrexia ,
quicken ,
raging fire ,
rake ,
raking fire ,
rally ,
rapid fire ,
read out of ,
recook ,
reheat ,
rekindle ,
relapsing fever ,
release ,
relight ,
relish ,
relume ,
remittent ,
remittent fever ,
replace ,
resolution ,
retire ,
ricochet fire ,
riddle ,
rifle fire ,
roast ,
rouse ,
rub ,
rut ,
sack ,
salvo ,
saute ,
savor ,
scallop ,
scorch ,
scorching ,
sea of flames ,
sear ,
searing ,
send off ,
separate forcibly ,
seriousness ,
serve ,
set about ,
set astir ,
set fire to ,
set in ,
set off ,
set on ,
set on fire ,
set out ,
set sail ,
set to ,
sexual excitement ,
shape ,
sheet of fire ,
shell ,
shellfire ,
shirr ,
shoot ,
shoot at ,
shoot down ,
shoot -
out ,
shooting ,
shrivel ,
shy ,
shy at ,
sic on ,
signal beacon ,
simmer ,
sincerity ,
sling ,
sling at ,
smart ,
smarting ,
smoke ,
smudge fire ,
snap ,
snap up ,
snipe ,
snipe at ,
soak up ,
soul ,
source of light ,
spark ,
sparkle ,
spirit ,
spirit up ,
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terminate ,
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thrill ,
throw ,
throw at ,
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tickle ,
tilt ,
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tingle ,
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toast ,
torch ,
torpedo ,
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towel ,
trigger ,
turn a pot ,
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two -
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vim ,
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warm ,
warm over ,
warm the blood ,
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warmth ,
warmth of feeling ,
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Fire (
1 .)
For sacred purposes .
The sacrifices were consumed by fire (
Gen .
8 :
20 ).
The ever -
burning fire on the altar was first kindled from heaven (
Lev .
6 :
9 ,
13 ;
9 :
24 ),
and afterwards rekindled at the dedication of Solomon '
s temple (
2 Chr .
7 :
1 ,
3 ).
The expressions "
fire from heaven "
and "
fire of the Lord "
generally denote lightning ,
but sometimes also the fire of the altar was so called (
Ex .
29 :
18 ;
Lev .
1 :
9 ;
2 :
3 ;
3 :
5 ,
9 ).
Fire for a sacred purpose obtained otherwise than from the altar was called "
strange fire " (
Lev .
10 :
1 ,
2 ;
Num .
3 :
4 ).
The victims slain for sin offerings were afterwards consumed by fire outside the camp (
Lev .
4 :
12 ,
21 ;
6 :
30 ;
16 :
27 ;
Heb .
13 :
11 ).
(
2 .)
For domestic purposes ,
such as baking ,
cooking ,
warmth ,
etc . (
Jer .
36 :
22 ;
Mark 14 :
54 ;
John 18 :
18 ).
But on Sabbath no fire for any domestic purpose was to be kindled (
Ex .
35 :
3 ;
Num .
15 :
32 -
36 ).
(
3 .)
Punishment of death by fire was inflicted on such as were guilty of certain forms of unchastity and incest (
Lev .
20 :
14 ;
21 :
9 ).
The burning of captives in war was not unknown among the Jews (
2 Sam .
12 :
31 ;
Jer .
29 :
22 ).
The bodies of infamous persons who were executed were also sometimes burned (
Josh .
7 :
25 ;
2 Kings 23 :
16 ).
(
4 .)
In war ,
fire was used in the destruction of cities ,
as Jericho (
Josh .
6 :
24 ),
Ai (
8 :
19 ),
Hazor (
11 :
11 ),
Laish (
Judg .
18 :
27 ),
etc .
The war -
chariots of the Canaanites were burnt (
Josh .
11 :
6 ,
9 ,
13 ).
The Israelites burned the images (
2 Kings 10 :
26 ;
R .
V ., "
pillars ")
of the house of Baal .
These objects of worship seem to have been of the nature of obelisks ,
and were sometimes evidently made of wood .
Torches were sometimes carried by the soldiers in battle (
Judg .
7 :
16 ).
(
5 .)
Figuratively ,
fire is a symbol of Jehovah '
s presence and the instrument of his power (
Ex .
14 :
19 ;
Num .
11 :
1 ,
3 ;
Judg .
13 :
20 ;
1 Kings 18 :
38 ;
2 Kings 1 :
10 ,
12 ;
2 :
11 ;
Isa .
6 :
4 ;
Ezek .
1 :
4 ;
Rev .
1 :
14 ,
etc .).
God '
s word is also likened unto fire (
Jer .
23 :
29 ).
It is referred to as an emblem of severe trials or misfortunes (
Zech .
12 :
6 ;
Luke 12 :
49 ;
1 Cor .
3 :
13 ,
15 ;
1 Pet .
1 :
7 ),
and of eternal punishment (
Matt .
5 :
22 ;
Mark 9 :
44 ;
Rev .
14 :
10 ;
21 :
8 ).
The influence of the Holy Ghost is likened unto fire (
Matt .
3 :
11 ).
His descent was denoted by the appearance of tongues as of fire (
Acts 2 :
3 ).
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