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Results for: "fire"

Translating from English to Greek

Translations:

fire — oxidation reaction
→ φωτιά (fotiá) f
→ πυρ (pyr) n
fire — damaging occurrence of fire
→ πυρκαγιά (pyrkagiá) f
→ φωτιά (fotiá) f
fire — fire as a classical element
→ φωτιά (fotiá) f
fire — to terminate the employment of
→ απολύω (apolýo)

More translations:

fire
→ φωτιά, πυρκαγιά
fire
→ θερμάστρα
fire
→ φωτιά
fire
→ έξαψη, ενθουσιασμός
fire
→ πυρ

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (9)

1. the event of something burning (often destructive);
- Example: "they lost everything in the fire"

2. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;
- Example: "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"
- Example: "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
[syn: fire, firing]

3. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;
- Example: "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries";
[syn: fire, flame, flaming]

4. a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "he spoke with great ardor"
[syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness]

7. fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking;
- Example: "put the kettle on the fire"
- Example: "barbecue over an open fire"

8. a severe trial;
- Example: "he went through fire and damnation"

9. intense adverse criticism;
- Example: "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
- Example: "the government has come under attack"
- Example: "don't give me any flak"
[syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast]


VERB (9)

1. start firing a weapon;
[syn: open fire, fire]

2. cause to go off;
- Example: "fire a gun"
- Example: "fire a bullet"
[syn: fire, discharge]

3. bake in a kiln so as to harden;
- Example: "fire pottery"

4. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
- Example: "The boss fired his secretary today"
- Example: "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
[syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate]

5. go off or discharge;
- Example: "The gun fired"
[syn: fire, discharge, go off]

6. drive out or away by or as if by fire;
- Example: "The soldiers were fired"
- Example: "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

7. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
- Example: "arouse pity"
- Example: "raise a smile"
- Example: "evoke sympathy"
[syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]

8. destroy by fire;
- Example: "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: burn, fire, burn down]

9. provide with fuel;
- Example: "Oil fires the furnace"
[syn: fuel, fire]