fire (4 letters)
fire
7
- Length
- 4 letters
- Scrabble score
- 7 points
- Frequency
- Very common
- Pronunciation
- FEYE-ur
What it means
- noun — the event of something burning (often destructive)
- noun — the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- noun — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- noun — a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- noun — once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- noun — feelings of great warmth and intensity
- noun — fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- noun — a severe trial
- noun — intense adverse criticism
- verb — start firing a weapon
- verb — cause to go off
- verb — bake in a kiln so as to harden
- verb — terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- verb — go off or discharge
- verb — drive out or away by or as if by fire
- verb — call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- verb — destroy by fire
- verb — provide with fuel
- verb — generate an electrical impulse
- verb — become ignited
- verb — start or maintain a fire in