"fire up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fires up [present, singular, third-person], firing up [participle, present], fired up [participle, past], fired up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fire up (third-person singular simple present fires up, present participle firing up, simple past and past participle fired up)
  1. (transitive) To ignite. Tags: transitive Translations (To ignite): ανάβω (anávo) (Greek), αναφλέγω (anaflégo) (Greek), aprinde (Romanian), prender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fire_up-en-verb-CCtt8dKH Disambiguation of 'To ignite': 87 0 4 7 2
  2. (intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start. Tags: intransitive Translations (Of an engine: to start): nastartovat (Czech), εκκινώ (ekkinó) (Greek), ξεκινώ (xekinó) (Greek), ενεργοποιώ (energopoió) (Greek), ανάβω (anávo) (Greek), accendere (Italian), avviare (Italian), porni (Romanian), arrancar (Spanish), encender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fire_up-en-verb-1MjENuPy Disambiguation of 'Of an engine: to start': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (transitive, computing, informal) To launch; to run. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Computing: to launch): τρέχω (trécho) (Greek), εκτελώ (ekteló) (Greek), lanciare (Italian), deschide (Romanian), porni (Romanian), arrancar (Spanish), iniciar (Spanish), bootear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fire_up-en-verb-~NH7w2tv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 10 58 12 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 15 11 52 14 9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Computing: to launch': 5 1 87 4 2
  4. (transitive) To excite; to infuse with energy. Tags: transitive Translations (To excite): πυροδοτώ (pyrodotó) (Greek), διεγείρω (diegeíro) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-fire_up-en-verb-ZOVQo61J Disambiguation of 'To excite': 9 0 6 83 2
  5. (intransitive, dated) To grow irritated or angry. Tags: dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fire_up-en-verb-5GpeeKTo

Inflected forms

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