Definition/Meaning of fire

• English - Noun: fire ( countable and uncountable , plural fires ) ( 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 ) Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction , such as a campfire . We sat around the fire singing songs and…
• English - Verb: fire ( third-person singular simple present fires , present participle firing , simple past and past participle fired ) ( transitive ) To set (something) on fire . 1897 , H . G . Wells , The Invisible Man Chapter 20: "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…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English fier , from Old English fȳr ( “ fire ” ), from *fuïr , a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *fōr ( “ fire ” ) (compare Saterland Frisian Fjuur , West Frisian fjoer , Dutch vuur , Low German Füer , German Feuer , Danish fyr ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ur (compare Hittite
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK , Australia ) enPR: fīə(r) , IPA (key) : /ˈfaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ ( US ) enPR: fīr , IPA (key) : /ˈfaɪ̯ɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
• English - External links: Fire on Wikipedia . Wikipedia Fire in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica .