"fired" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfaɪəd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹd/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-fired.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d Etymology: From fire + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fire|ed}} fire + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} fired
  1. dismissed, terminated from employment. Translations (dismissed): gekündigt (German), égetett (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-fired-en-adj-W0xB4sJ3 Disambiguation of 'dismissed': 90 10
  2. (ceramics) Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened. Categories (topical): Ceramics Translations (ceramics: kilned): οπτός (optós) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-fired-en-adj-6WezOj0T Topics: ceramics, chemistry, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'ceramics: kilned': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overfired, over-fired, underfired, under-fired, you're fired

Verb

IPA: /ˈfaɪəd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹd/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-fired.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d Etymology: From fire + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fire|ed}} fire + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fired
  1. simple past and past participle of fire Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: fire Related terms: all-fired, coal-fired, fired up, gas-fired, oil-fired, shots fired, stoker-fired, wood-fired
    Sense id: en-fired-en-verb-urOB5OLO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 19 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 21 21 58

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