Overview of noun firing

The noun firing has 4 senses

• fire, firing -- (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")


• discharge, firing, firing off -- (the act of discharging a gun)


• ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation -- (the act of setting something on fire)


• dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking -- (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))

Overview of verb fire

The verb fire has 9 senses

• open fire, fire -- (start firing a weapon)


• fire, discharge -- (cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet")


• fire -- (bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery")


• displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")


• fire, discharge, go off -- (go off or discharge; "The gun fired")


• fire -- (drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism")


• arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")


• burn, fire, burn down -- (destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries")


• fuel, fire -- (provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace")