set fire
放火,放火烧,点火,着火
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Definitions
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- : a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- : a burning mass of material, as on a hearth or in a furnace.
- : the destructive burning of a building, town, forest, etc.; conflagration.
- : heat used for cooking, especially the lighted burner of a stove: Put the kettle on the fire.
- : Greek fire.
- : flashing light; luminous appearance.
- : brilliance, as of a gem.
- : burning passion; excitement or enthusiasm; ardor.
- : liveliness of imagination.
- : fever or inflammation.
- : severe trial or trouble; ordeal.
- : exposure to fire as a means of torture or ordeal.
- : strength, as of an alcoholic beverage.
- : a spark or sparks.
- : the discharge of firearms: enemy fire.
- : the effect of firing military weapons: to pour fire upon the enemy.
- : British. a gas or electric heater used for heating a room.
- : Literary. a luminous object, as a star: heavenly fires.
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fired, fir·ing.
- : to set on fire.
- : to supply with fuel or attend to the fire of:They fired the boiler.
- : to expose to the action of fire; subject to heat.
- : to apply heat to in a kiln for baking or glazing; burn.
- : to heat very slowly for the purpose of drying, as tea.
- : to inflame, as with passion; fill with ardor.
- : to inspire.
- : to light or cause to glow as if on fire.
- : to discharge.
- : to project by or as if by discharging from a gun.
- : to subject to explosion or explosive force, as a mine.
- : to cause to start working: I just fired up my new laptop.
- : to hurl; throw: to fire a stone through a window.
- : to dismiss from a job.
- : Veterinary Medicine. to apply a heated iron to in order to create a local inflammation of the superficial structures, with the intention of favorably affecting deeper inflammatory processes.
- : to drive out or away by or as by fire.
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fired, fir·ing.
- : to take fire; be kindled.
- : to glow as if on fire.
- : to become inflamed with passion; become excited.
- : to shoot, as a gun.
- : to discharge a gun: to fire at a fleeing enemy.
- : to hurl a projectile.
- : Music. to ring the bells of a chime all at once.
- : to turn yellow or brown before the plant matures.
- : to cause ignition of the air-fuel mixture in a cylinder or cylinders.
- : to discharge an electric impulse.
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- : Slang. cool, excellent, exciting, etc.: It would be so fire if we won those tickets!
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- : fire away, Informal. to begin to talk and continue without slackening, as to ask a series of questions: The reporters fired away at the president.
- : fire off, to discharge: Police fired off canisters of tear gas.to write and send hurriedly: She fired off an angry letter to her congressman.
Phrases
- fire away
- fire off
- fire on all cylinders
- fire up
- add fuel to the fire
- ball of fire
- baptism of fire
- catch fire
- caught in the cross-fire
- draw fire
- fat is in the fire
- fight fire with fire
- get on (like a house afire)
- hang fire
- hold one's fire
- hold someone's feet to the fire
- irons in the fire
- light a fire under
- line of fire
- miss fire
- no smoke without fire
- on fire
- open fire
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- play with fire
- set on fire
- set the world on fire
- spread like wildfire
- trial by fire
- under fire
- where's the fire
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The Honeywell Safe line makes a variety of fire and waterproof lockable storage cabinets, each one made to stand extreme conditions.
The tragic 2018 mudslide in Montecito, California is just one example of a post-fire flood.
The strong winds and low humidity will continue to feed the fires, particularly in the northeast part of the blaze.
In an overnight filing, Apple said “Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it, and now asks this court for emergency assistance in putting it out.”
Make a fireThough it’s engineered to reduce exterior friction, paracord can still make a suitable bow string for the bow and drill fire-starting method.
But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?
The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.
Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.
Maybe Mary is being more realistic about a second marriage—but is it too much to ask for a little fire?
A fire that he insists is only picking up pace, according to top-secret intelligence briefings.
"A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.
She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
The men, whose poniards his sword parried, had recourse to fire-arms, and two pistols were fired at him.