Definitions for "Fire"
The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
Flashes of spectral colors seen in gemstones as a result of dispersion.
Division of colors in a colorless, transparent gemstone as a result of dispersion.
fire: one of the four elements of nature.
one of the four elements (earth, air, fire and water) by which the signs and houses are categorized. The element of fire represents energy, enthusiasm, inspiration, and the spirit. For its application in the signs and houses, see below.
That which is hot and dry. Alchemical fire symbolizes mastery and will. In this book Fire speaks for basic research and experimentation.
Keywords:  ardor, passion, warmth, zeal, revenge
Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
Keywords:  bonjour, icq, jabber, msn, irc
Fire is a multi-protocol instant messenger client for Mac OS X based on freely available libraries for each service. Currently Fire handles AOL Instant Messenger®, ICQ®, MSN® Messenger, Jabber, limited IRC, Yahoo!®, and Apple Bonjour communications.
Fire is the first instant messaging client for Mac OS X (previously for OPENSTEP), that can access IRC, Jabber, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Bonjour. All services are built off of GPL’d libraries, including firetalk, libfaim, libicq2000, libmsn, Jabber, and libyahoo2.
Keywords:  album, debut, song, airplay, finesilver
a dynamic and explosive album with spacey guitar work atop visceral rhythms
a fine rocking song that got a lot of airplay
a lovely, delicate little song that I recall Mr
To make the first bet in a round. Ex. Chris "fired" at the pot hoping to win without a good hand.
Fire is a fictional superheroine published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Super Friends #25, (October 1979), and was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon.
In the sci-fi television series LEXX, the fictional planet "Fire" is the afterlife for all evil souls, and the location for much of Season 3. It shares a tight mutual orbit and an atmosphere with Planet Water, which is the afterlife for all good souls. The souls on Water and Fire have no memory of how they arrived there; they simply "woke up" there one day.
Refers to the diffracted color play of an opal.
Common reference to the play-of-colour in Opal (eg Red fire)
refers to the diffracted colour play of an opal.
First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional Experiment
Acronym for First ISCCP Regional Experiment, a multidisciplinary program to study the roles that clouds play in the global climate. Components of the program include both physical process modeling on many different space and time scales and global climate modeling. The general study objectives are the characterization of clouds, the validation and improvement of satellite cloud retrieval techniques, the improvement of cloud radiation models, the description of cloud space/time statistics, the improvement of cloud dynamics models, and the validation and improvement of GCM cloud model parameterizations. See Cox et al. (1987) and the FIRE Web site.
a harrowing experience
In fire insurance "fire" means actual ignition of something that should not be on fire, the cause being accidental or fortuitous in origin.
the accidental or fortuitous ignition of something that should not be on fire.
a devastating event, even when you have insurance, but with- out
a devastating, traumatic, life altering event
To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
start firing a weapon
Keywords:  kindle, chimney, pile, take, house
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
Keywords:  shabana, azmi, deepa, nandita, mehta
Fire is a 1996 drama film directed by Deepa Mehta and starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das.
Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
a natural disaster that may destroy ecosystems like grasslands, forests causing great loss of life, property, livestock and wildlife
Keywords:  cauterize
To cauterize.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
The fire spirit is a mythic being, part of the Kashran pantheon. A trickster and a plotter, both dangerous and useful.
Fire was originally a two-issue creator-owned comic book miniseries written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis and published by Caliber Comics. It was later republished as a graphic novel by .
Keywords:  nightly, stoked
a stoked nightly
The great shaper and transformer of the northern forest. Ishkote or ashkote in the Ojibwe.
a truly cohesive work in which you hear a band making a musical statement from an expanding musical palate, including the contributions of new multi instrumentalist Jeff Sheinkopf (keyboards, guitar, vocals), the most recent addition to the ranks
Keywords:  randy, ammo, ken, analogy, bluff
1. To make the opening bet of a round, following the same analogy by which chips are called ammo. I called Ken's bet on fourth with a draw, but I bricked, and when he fired again I had to fold. or I think Randy suspected my earlier bet was a bluff, but when I fired a second shot he let it go.
To place the first bet in a particular round of poker.
To make the first bet in a betting round.
To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a rifle, pistol, or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
Keywords:  feast, savanna, birds, hotel, come
a feast for some animals, savanna hotel such as birds that come
a feast for some animals, such as birds that come to sites
Keywords:  terrible, tragic, handy, thing, boil
a handy thing, it makes water boil and even allows a man to see things in a whole different light
a terrible thing
a tragic thing, but not in the ways most people think
intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
Keywords:  sympathy, evoke, smile, pity, emotions
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
Keywords:  gun, troops, bullet, discharge, exposed
The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.
cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
To blast with gunpowder or other explosives. A word shouted by miners to warn one another when a shot is fired.
results from malfunction of the internal organs or from extreme mood swings. Symptoms include fever, red or bloodshot eyes, swelling, sore throat and flushed face. May also include dry mouth, bleeding or inflammed gums, and a desire for cold drinks
(Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989). An act signed into law in August 1989, by President Bush that restructured the thrift regulatory an insurance system.
To drive by fire.
Quick drive block at the knees of man on or over.
drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
Keywords:  damnation, went, trial, severe
a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
Fire, later known as Fire Graphics, was an underground computer artscene group that released ANSI, ASCII, and artwork from 1994 to 1998.
Keywords:  explosions
Fire or Explosions.
In expert system programming, ordinarily used to describe the "triggering" or "activation" of a rule. A rule is "fired," "triggered" or "activated" when its conditions have been met, and its "consequence" (resultant facts) is added to the knowledge base.
(Pertaining to production rules.) See Trigger.
a catastrophe, as is a flood or a car accident, or a grave health problem
to dismiss from employment, a post, or other job; to cause (a person) to cease being an employee; -- of a person. The act of firing is usually performed by that person's supervisor or employer.
Keywords:  didn't, burst, did, acceleration, horse
A burst of acceleration by a horse in a race The horse did (didn't) fire when asked.
Filing Information Returns Electronically. The IRS's system for filing information returns (e.g., Forms 1099-MISC) electronically.
a good tool when use safely and carefully, but can turn deadly if not used properly
Keywords:  transition, execute, see, cause
To execute a state transition. See: transition.
To cause a state transition. See: transition.
terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Keywords:  boiler, feed, serve
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
Keywords:  maryland, notice, band, path, five
a five piece band based out of Maryland, which is just beginning on the path, but has already made people stand up and take notice
a complex phenomenon even if it involves only a match or a candle
Keywords:  favorite, rocking
a rocking favorite of many W
a natural evening gathering place
a natural gathering place for the evening
a powerful force of nature
a good way to stay warm in a survival situation, but one should not rely on this as a sole means of staying warm
Keywords:  furnace, fuel, oil, provide
provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
Fire has been important to all peoples of the earth, and it is rich in spiritual tradition.
a physical cause of physical damage
Adds 1-4 minimum and 6-11 maximum to Fire Damage
Operating expenditures incurred in the provision of fire protection services.
rating: System for classifying the fire resistances of various materials. Roofing materials are rated Class A, B or C, with Class A materials having the highest resistance to fire originating outside the structure.
Financial Institutions & Retirement Committee
Keywords:  attention, dangerous, get, someone, way
a very dangerous way to get someone's attention
Keywords:  education, rights, individual
For Individual Rights in Education
Keywords:  finance, estate, real, insurance
finance, insurance and real estate
Keywords:  energy, unit, processing
an energy processing unit