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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. I fired from Paris to Calais.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To feed or serve the fire of."], "links": [["feed", "feed"], ["serve", "serve"], ["fire", "#Noun"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:", "text": "[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "links": [["light up", "light up"], ["fire", "#Noun"], ["illuminate", "illuminate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "synonyms": [{"word": "belight"}, {"word": "illuminate"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Farriery"], "glosses": ["To 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"physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat 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"ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}
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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}
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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' 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[…]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. I fired from Paris to Calais.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To feed or serve the fire of."], "links": [["feed", "feed"], ["serve", "serve"], ["fire", "#Noun"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:", "text": "[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "links": [["light up", "light up"], ["fire", "#Noun"], ["illuminate", "illuminate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "synonyms": [{"word": "belight"}, {"word": "illuminate"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Farriery"], "glosses": ["To 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}
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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}
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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' 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[…]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. I fired from Paris to Calais.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To feed or serve the fire of."], "links": [["feed", "feed"], ["serve", "serve"], ["fire", "#Noun"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:", "text": "[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "links": [["light up", "light up"], ["fire", "#Noun"], ["illuminate", "illuminate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "synonyms": [{"word": "belight"}, {"word": "illuminate"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Farriery"], "glosses": ["To 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}
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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}
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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. I fired from Paris to Calais.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To feed or serve the fire of."], "links": [["feed", "feed"], ["serve", "serve"], ["fire", "#Noun"]]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:", "text": "[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "links": [["light up", "light up"], ["fire", "#Noun"], ["illuminate", "illuminate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate."], "synonyms": [{"word": "belight"}, {"word": "illuminate"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Farriery"], "glosses": ["To 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}
1: fire/English/verb: invalid uppercase tag Southern-US not in or uppercase_tags: {"categories": ["English 1-syllable words", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English ergative verbs", "English interjections", "English lemmas", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Old English", "English verbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries", "Requests for review of Georgian translations", "Requests for review of Interlingua translations", "Requests for translations into Georgian", "Requests for translations into Mandarin", "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)", "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable", "Terms with Afrikaans translations", "Terms with Arabic translations", "Terms with Armenian translations", "Terms with Azerbaijani translations", "Terms with Belarusian translations", "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "Terms with Catalan translations", "Terms with Czech translations", "Terms with Danish translations", "Terms with Dutch translations", "Terms with Esperanto translations", "Terms with Finnish translations", "Terms with French translations", "Terms with Galician translations", "Terms with Georgian translations", "Terms with German translations", "Terms with Greek translations", "Terms with Hebrew translations", "Terms with Hindi translations", "Terms with Hungarian translations", "Terms with Icelandic translations", "Terms with Indonesian translations", "Terms with Ingrian translations", "Terms with Interlingua translations", "Terms with Irish translations", "Terms with Italian translations", "Terms with Japanese translations", "Terms with Kapampangan translations", "Terms with Khmer translations", "Terms with Korean translations", "Terms with Lao translations", "Terms with Latvian translations", "Terms with Lithuanian translations", "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations", "Terms with Lü translations", "Terms with Macedonian translations", "Terms with Mandarin translations", "Terms with Maori translations", "Terms with Mongolian translations", "Terms with Northern Thai translations", "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations", "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations", "Terms with Norwegian translations", "Terms with Polish translations", "Terms with Portuguese translations", "Terms with Russian translations", "Terms with Shan translations", "Terms with Slovak translations", "Terms with Slovene translations", "Terms with Spanish translations", "Terms with Swahili translations", "Terms with Swedish translations", "Terms with Tagalog translations", "Terms with Telugu translations", "Terms with Thai translations", "Terms with Turkish translations", "Terms with Ukrainian translations", "Terms with Vietnamese translations", "Terms with Welsh translations", "Terms with West Frisian translations", "Terms with Yiddish translations", "en:Buttons", "en:Fire"], "derived": [{"word": "coal-fired"}, {"word": "coalfired"}, {"word": "fire at will"}, {"word": "fire away"}, {"word": "fire in anger"}, {"word": "fire off"}, {"word": "fire the starting gun"}, {"word": "fire up"}, {"tags": ["adjective", "noun"], "word": "firing"}, {"word": "hang fire"}, {"word": "oil-fired"}, {"tags": ["adjective"], "word": "overfired"}, {"word": "overfire"}, {"word": "over-fire"}, {"word": "ready, aim, fire"}, {"word": "ready, fire, aim"}, {"word": "ripple-fire"}, {"word": "slamfire"}, {"word": "stoker-fired"}, {"word": "underfire"}, {"tags": ["adjective"], "word": "underfired"}, {"word": "unfirable"}, {"word": "you're fired"}], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [{"args": {"1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "firen"}, "expansion": "Middle English firen", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "fȳrian", "t": "to make a fire"}, "expansion": "Old English fȳrian (“to make a fire”)", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "ofs", "2": "fioria", "t": "to light a fire"}, "expansion": "Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "stq", "2": "fjuurje", "t": "to fire"}, "expansion": "Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "dum", "2": "vûren"}, "expansion": "Middle Dutch vûren", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "nl", "2": "vuren", "t": "to fire, shoot"}, "expansion": "Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "goh", "2": "fiuren", "t": "to ignite, set on fire"}, "expansion": "Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "de", "2": "feuern", "t": "to fire"}, "expansion": "German feuern (“to fire”)", "name": "cog"}], "etymology_text": "From Middle English firen, fyren, furen, from Old English fȳrian (“to make a fire”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. 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If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. 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This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["informal"], "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskeda"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sesante"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "udyōgaṁ nuṇḍi tolagiñcu", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ఉద్యోగం నుండి తొలగించు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lâi-ɔ̀ɔk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ไล่ออก"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kovmak"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işten atmak"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnjáty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звільня́ти"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "zvilʹnýty", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "звільни́ти"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sa thải"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "đuổi việc"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "diswyddo"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dien jaan"}, {"code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "opzogn", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "אָפּזאָגן"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "vuur"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "發射"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fāshè", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "发射"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "střílet"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "affyre"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "afvuren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "abfeuern"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "bajānā", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "बजाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "elsüt"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "menembak"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "scaoil"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっぽうする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "happōsuru", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "発砲する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaut"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šauti"}, {"code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "šaudyti"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "taipara"}, {"code": "mi", "english": "repeatedly", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "whakapākūkū"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "strzelać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "strzelić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "bić"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "atirar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "palítʹ", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["obsolete"], "word": "пали́ть"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "kupiga risasi"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "skjuta"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "kālcu", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "కాల్చు"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "faire feu"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "yaráh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ירה"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tüzel"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "paukuttaa"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sparare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fare fuoco"}, {"alt": "はっしゃする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hassha suru", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "発射する"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "utsu", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "撃つ"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balpohada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발포(發砲)하다"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "balsahada", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "발사(發射)하다"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "puka", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "пука"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "pupuhi"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyre"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "streljátʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стреля́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "výstrelitʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вы́стрелить"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "páliť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "strieľať"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystreliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ustreliti"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "streljati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "descargar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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Cognate with Old Frisian fioria (“to light a fire”), Saterland Frisian fjuurje (“to fire”), Middle Dutch vûren, vueren, vieren (“to set fire”), Dutch vuren (“to fire, shoot”), Old High German fiuren (“to ignite, set on fire”), German feuern (“to fire”).", "forms": [{"form": "fires", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "firing", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fired", "tags": ["past"]}, {"form": "no-table-tags", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["table-tags"]}, {"form": "en-conj", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["inflection-template"]}, {"form": "fire", "source": "conjugation", "tags": ["infinitive"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "fire (third-person singular simple present fires, present participle firing, simple past and past participle fired)", "name": "en-verb"}], "inflection_templates": [{"args": {"old": "1", "stem": "fir"}, "name": "en-conj"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At the House in Great Portland Street”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 186:", "text": "[\"]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 tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time.\" / \"You fired the house!\" exclaimed Kemp. / \"Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail – and no doubt it was insured.[\"]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "That lamp was the mummy of a woman tied to a stout stake let into the rock, and he had fired her hair.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:", "text": "It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "links": [["on fire", "on fire"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire."], "synonyms": [{"word": "inflame"}, {"word": "kindle"}, {"word": "kindle"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:", "text": "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"], ["on fire", "on fire"], ["ceramic", "ceramic"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 144”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:", "text": "Till my bad angel fire my good one out.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To drive away by setting a fire."], "links": [["fire", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"antonyms": [{"word": "hire"}], "categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 226:", "text": "The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired’[…].", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "links": [["terminate", "terminate"], ["employment", "employment"], ["for cause", "for cause"], ["misconduct", "misconduct"], ["incompetence", "incompetence"], ["poor", "poor"], ["performance", "performance"]], "qualifier": "employment", "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "dehire"}, {"word": "dismiss"}, {"word": "give someone their cards"}, {"word": "give the boot"}, {"word": "give the elbow"}, {"word": "give someone the heave-ho"}, {"word": "let go"}, {"word": "make redundant"}, {"word": "sack"}, {"word": "terminate"}, {"word": "throw out"}, {"word": "unhire"}, {"word": "lay off"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "1979, Richard Collins Rea, Operating a Successful Accounting Practice: A Collection of Material from the Journal of Accountancy Practitioners Forum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 288:", "text": "Don't be hesitant to fire a client - cull out the deadwood. If a client doesn't meet the above criteria, you are better off without him. You don't do your best work for a client you'd rather not have.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2020, Rebecca Migdal, Museum Mercenary: A Handbook for Independent Museum Professionals, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 278:", "text": "Maintaining a collegial attitude even when doing the more difficult business work, like firing a client, is another part. If you are struggling through the relationship, the client might be struggling as well, so firing them may be mutually beneficial, and you should try and do it on the best of terms.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "links": [["contract", "contract"], ["client", "client"], ["drop", "drop"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client."], "tags": ["broadly", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "We will fire our guns at the enemy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "He fired his radar gun at passing cars.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["missile", "missile"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "let off"}, {"topics": ["archery", "martial-arts", "sports", "military", "war", "government", "politics", "hobbies", "lifestyle"], "word": "loose"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:", "text": "I heard that both yesterday and today, when transports of the central government carrying our soldiers arrived at Hu-lu-tao, bandit troops on the shore fired at them.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "links": [["shoot", "shoot"], ["gun", "gun"], ["cannon", "cannon"], ["weapon", "weapon"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon."], "synonyms": [{"word": "open fire"}, {"word": "shoot"}], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "en:Astronautics"], "examples": [{"text": "The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "links": [["astronautics", "astronautics"], ["rocket", "rocket"], ["engine", "engine"], ["thrust", "thrust"]], "raw_glosses": ["(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust."], "topics": ["aerospace", "astronautics", "business", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Mining"], "examples": [{"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:", "text": "`Now are you both ready?' I said, as people do when they are going to fire a mine.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To set off an explosive in a mine."], "links": [["mining", "mining#Noun"], ["set off", "set off"], ["explosive", "explosive"], ["mine", "mine"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["business", "mining"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sports"], "examples": [{"ref": "2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:", "text": "Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "links": [["sports", "sports"], ["shoot", "shoot"], ["score", "score"], ["goal", "goal"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "en:Physiology"], "examples": [{"text": "When a neuron fires, it transmits information.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To cause an action potential in a cell."], "links": [["physiology", "physiology"], ["action potential", "action potential"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell."], "tags": ["intransitive"], "topics": ["medicine", "physiology", "sciences"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To forcibly direct (something)."], "links": [["forcibly", "forcibly"], ["direct", "direct"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To forcibly direct (something)."], "synonyms": [{"word": "propel"}, {"word": "shoot"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.", "type": "example"}, {"text": "The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "links": [["transitive", "transitive"], ["intransitive", "intransitive"], ["initiate", "initiate"], ["event", "event"], ["event handler", "event handler"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler)."], "tags": ["intransitive", "transitive"], "topics": ["computer-sciences", "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences", "software"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "links": [["inflame", "inflame"], ["irritate", "irritate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions."], "synonyms": [{"word": "arouse"}, {"word": "excite"}, {"word": "thrill"}, {"word": "incite"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1864, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:", "text": "Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — \"That kind of thing may answer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it. […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Love had fired my mind.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "links": [["irritate", "irritate"], ["inflame", "inflame"], ["passion", "passion"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion."], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire the genius of a young man", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To animate; to give life or spirit to."], "links": [["animate", "animate"], ["life", "life"], ["spirit", "spirit"]], "synonyms": [{"word": "energize"}, {"word": "inspirit"}, {"word": "enliven"}]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "to fire a boiler", "type": "example"}, {"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 150, 151:", "text": "We left with the \"Blue Train\", dead on time. This time I fired all the way. […] The next day took me home again on No. E.16 with Henri Dutertre. 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cauterize."], "links": [["farriery", "farriery"], ["cauterize", "cauterize"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, farriery) To cauterize."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["farriery", "hobbies", "horses", "lifestyle", "pets", "sports"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To catch fire; to be kindled."], "links": [["catch fire", "catch fire"], ["kindle", "kindle"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled."], "synonyms": [{"word": "go up in flames"}, {"word": "combust"}], "tags": ["dated", "intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English dated terms", "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"text": "I fired on that train until August.", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train."], "links": [["fireman", "fireman"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who 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{"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "opvarme"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bakken"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "ceramic materials", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "polttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "english": "most others", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "kuumentaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cuire"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brennen"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "hidlík", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "הדליק"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "pakānā", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "पकाना"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "topics": ["ceramics", "chemistry", "engineering", "physical-sciences", "natural-sciences"], "word": "kiéget"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "membakar"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bácáil"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "apdedzināt"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "peče", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "пече"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "whakapaka"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "brenne"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozinhar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cozer"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžigátʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "обжига́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "obžéčʹ", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "обже́чь"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "vypáliť"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "žgati"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "cocer"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "bränna"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "to heat pottery, etc.", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to drive away by setting a fire", "word": "savustaa"}, {"code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭarada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "طَرَدَ"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "azatel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ազատել"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "heṙacʻnel", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "հեռացնել"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "işdən çıxarmaq"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvalʹnjácʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "звальня́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "zvólʹnicʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "зво́льніць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "uvolnjávam", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "уволня́вам"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "acomiadar"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fer fora"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jiěgù", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "開除"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāichú", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "开除"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "afskedige"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "fritstille"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ontslaan"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "maldungi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "erottaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "antaa potkut"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "irtisanoa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licencier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "congédier"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "mettre à la porte"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "limoger"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "virer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "lourder"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "chimpar"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gagdeba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაგდება"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "datxovna", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "დათხოვნა"}, {"code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gašveba", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "გაშვება"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kündigen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apolýo", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "απολύω"}, {"code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "pitér", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "פיטר"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "kirúg"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "reka"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "segja upp"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparka"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pecat"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenziare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "dimettere"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi ni suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首にする"}, {"alt": "かいこする", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kaiko suru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "解雇する"}, {"alt": "くびをきる", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kubi o kiru", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "首を切る"}, {"code": "pam", "lang": "Kapampangan", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sisanti"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑndəɲ cəɲ pii kaaŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បណ្ដេញចេញពីការងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "plah cəɲ pii muk kaa", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ផ្លាស់ចេញពីមុខការ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "dɑɑk ŋie", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ដកងារ"}, {"code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bɑɲcʰup", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "បញ្ឈប់"}, {"code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "haegohada", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "해고(解雇)하다"}, {"code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "lai ʼǭk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ໄລ່ອອກ"}, {"code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "atlaist"}, {"code": "khb", "lang": "Lü", "roman": "lay˙ʼoak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᦺᦟᦀᦸᧅ"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "otpušta", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "отпушта"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "pana"}, {"code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "ogcruulax", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "огцруулах"}, {"code": "nod", "lang": "Northern Thai", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "ᩃᩱ᩵ᩋᩬᨠ"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gi sparken"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "sparke"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "avskjedige"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "zwolnić"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "zwalniać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["colloquial", "perfective"], "word": "wylać"}, {"code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "wylewać"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "demitir"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvolʹnjátʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "увольня́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "uvólitʹ", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "уво́лить"}, {"code": "shn", "lang": "Shan", "roman": "lài ʼàuk", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "လႆႇဢွၵ်ႇ"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhodiť"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "vyhadzovať"}, {"code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "odpustiti"}, {"code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "gódy daś"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "despedir"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "echar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "licenciar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Mexico", "colloquial"], "word": "correr"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "tags": ["Argentina", "Cuba", "Dominican-Republic", "Venezuela"], "word": "cesantear"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "descharchar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to terminate the employment of", "word": "expulsar"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "to terminate the 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"cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "transitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "krakel", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "կրակել"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "straljácʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "страля́ць"}, {"code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "strélicʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "стрэ́ліць"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "開火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "kāihuǒ", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "开火"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射擊"}, {"code": "zh", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shèjī, shèjí", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "射击"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vystřelit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "vuren"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tulittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ampua"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": 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{"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "avfyra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ge eld"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "ateş etmek"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "striljáty", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "стріля́ти"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "saethu"}, {"code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "tanio"}, {"code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "intransitive: to shoot", "word": "sjitte"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "streljam", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "стрелям"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "skyde"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schieten"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirer"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "schießen"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pyr", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "πυρ"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tembak"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "tirar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "disparar"}, {"code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "ying", "sense": "sport: to shoot, to attempt to score a goal", "word": "ยิง"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "afgaan"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "aktivoida"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "feuern"}, {"code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "hakkasuru", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "発火する"}, {"code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "fyre"}, {"code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "physiology: to cause action potential in a cell", "word": "moto"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "laukoa"}, {"code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "tuju"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "bombardovať"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "vattiḍi", "sense": "to forcibly direct", "word": "వత్తిడి"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "udløse"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "laukaista"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "auslösen"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "computer sciences, software engineering: to initiate an event", "word": "spustiť"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflame; to irritate, as the passions", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "sytyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to animate; to give life or spirit to", "word": "saada syttymään"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to fire a boiler", "word": "lämmittää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to light up as if by fire", "word": "valaista"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "antænde"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "ekbruli"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to catch fire; to be kindled", "word": "syttyä"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "gløde"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to be irritated or inflamed with passion", "word": "hehkua"}], "word": "fire"}

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