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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln;
        as, to fire pottery.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the
        soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Love had fired my mind.               --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the
        genius of a young man.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. To drive by fire. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Till my bad angel fire my good one out. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. (Far.) To cauterize.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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!''
         [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.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

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) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  fired
       adj : having lost your job [syn: discharged, dismissed, laid-off,
              pink-slipped]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fired
     Maltese vb.
     1 to split
     2 to separate

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  fired
     a.
     1 dismissed, let go from a job.
     2 (lb en ceramics) heat#Verb in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become
  permanently hardened#Adjective.
     vb.
     (infl of en fire  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  fired
     Maltese vb.
     1 to split
     2 to separate

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  fired
     Maltese vb.
     1 to split
     2 to separate

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fired
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f ire d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fired
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en fire ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb fire)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Fired /fˈaɪəd/
  مطرود

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fired /fˈaɪəd/ 
  propuštěn

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fired /fˈaɪəd/ 
  střílel

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fired /fˈaɪəd/
  vyhozen z práce

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fired /fˈaɪəd/ 
  propustil