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Fire vs. Flame

Fire and Flame Definitions

Fire

A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance
Destruction by fire.

Flame

The zone of burning gases and fine suspended matter associated with rapid combustion; a hot, glowing mass of burning gas or vapor.

Fire

A specific instance of this change that destroys something
A house fire.

Flame

The condition of active, blazing combustion
Burst into flame.

Fire

A burning fuel
A cooking fire.

Flame

Something resembling a flame in motion, brilliance, intensity, or shape.
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Fire

Burning intensity of feeling; ardor or enthusiasm
A musical performance that had fire.

Flame

A violent or intense passion.

Fire

Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone.

Flame

(Informal) A person that one has an intense passion for.

Fire

Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance
The fire of an artistic genius.

Flame

(Informal) An insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger, as on a computer network.
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Fire

A severe test; a trial or torment
Went through fire to become a leader.

Flame

To burn brightly; blaze.

Fire

A fever or bodily inflammation
Tormented by the fire in an infected toe.

Flame

To color or flash suddenly
Cheeks that flamed with embarrassment.

Fire

The discharge of firearms or artillery
Heard the fire of cannon.

Flame

(Informal) To make insulting criticisms or remarks, as on a computer network, to incite anger.
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Fire

The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body.

Flame

To burn, ignite, or scorch (something) with a flame.

Fire

Discharged bullets or other projectiles
Subjected enemy positions to heavy mortar fire.
Struck by rifle fire.

Flame

(Informal) To insult or criticize provokingly, as on a computer network.

Fire

Intense, repeated attack or criticism
Answered the fire from her political critics.

Flame

(Obsolete) To excite; inflame.

Fire

To cause to burn; ignite or set fire to
Fired the enemy's encampment.

Flame

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

Fire

To illuminate or cause to resemble fire, as in color
The morning sun fired the tops of the trees.

Flame

A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.

Fire

To start (a fuel-burning engine or a vehicle with such an engine). Often used with up.

Flame

An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.

Fire

To start or tend a fire in
Fire a furnace.

Flame

(color) A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. E82D14

Fire

To arouse the emotions of; make enthusiastic or ardent. Often used with up
Demonstrators who were fired up by their sense of injustice.

Flame

The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.

Fire

To inspire or arouse (an emotion or the imagination).

Flame

Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.

Fire

To bake or dry by heating, as in a kiln
Fire pottery.

Flame

To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.

Fire

To discharge (a firearm, for example).

Flame

To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.

Fire

To detonate (an explosive).

Flame

To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.

Fire

To propel (a projectile) from a weapon or launch (a missile)
Fired several rounds before the gun jammed.

Flame

Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

Fire

(Informal) To throw or propel with force and speed
Fire a ball at a batter.
Fire a puck at the goal.

Flame

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

Fire

To utter or direct with insistence
Fired questions at the senator.

Flame

Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.
Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
Smit with the love of sister arts we came,And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.

Fire

(Games) To score (a number) in a game or contest
The golfer fired a 35 on the front nine.

Flame

Ardor of affection; the passion of love.

Fire

To end the employment or service of; dismiss.

Flame

A person beloved; a sweetheart.

Fire

To become ignited; flame up
Wet kindling that just wouldn't fire.

Flame

To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.
The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.

Fire

To shoot a weapon
Aimed and fired at the target.

Flame

To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
He flamed with indignation.

Fire

To detonate an explosive.

Flame

To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly.

Fire

To ignite fuel; start
The engine fired right away.

Flame

The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;
Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries

Fire

To send out a projectile; discharge
The cannons fired for hours.

Flame

Shine with a sudden light;
The night sky flared with the massive bombardment

Fire

To propel or hurl a projectile
The pitcher wound up and fired.

Flame

Be in flames or aflame;
The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset

Fire

(Physiology) To generate an electrical impulse. Used of a neuron.

Flame

Criticize harshly, on the e-mail

Fire

To become yellowed or brown before reaching maturity, as grain.

Fire

(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.

Fire

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.

Fire

(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.

Fire

The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

Fire

A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

Fire

(countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
The fire was laid and needed to be lit.

Fire

(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.

Fire

(countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
We dominated the battlespace with our fires.

Fire

A barrage, volley

Fire

(rocketry) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
Static fire

Fire

Strength of passion, whether love or hate.

Fire

Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.

Fire

Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.

Fire

A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.

Fire

Red coloration in a piece of opal.

Fire

(slang) Amazing; excellent.
That shit is fire, yo!

Fire

(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.

Fire

(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.

Fire

(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.

Fire

(transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).

Fire

To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.

Fire

(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
We will fire our guns at the enemy.
The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.
He fired his radar gun at passing cars.

Fire

(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

Fire

(rocketry) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.

Fire

To set off an explosive in a mine.

Fire

To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

Fire

To cause an action potential in a cell.
When a neuron fires, it transmits information.

Fire

(transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.

Fire

To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.
The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.

Fire

(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
To fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge

Fire

To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

Fire

To animate; to give life or spirit to.
To fire the genius of a young man

Fire

To feed or serve the fire of.
To fire a boiler

Fire

(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

Fire

To cauterize.

Fire

To catch fire; to be kindled.

Fire

Command to shoot with firearms

Fire

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

Fire

Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.

Fire

The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.

Fire

Anything which destroys or affects like fire.

Fire

Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.
He had fire in his temper.

Fire

Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
And bless their critic with a poet's fire.

Fire

Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
Stars, hide your fires.
As in a zodiacrepresenting the heavenly fires.

Fire

Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

Fire

The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.

Fire

To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

Fire

To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.

Fire

To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
Love had fired my mind.

Fire

To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.

Fire

To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.

Fire

To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.

Fire

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.

Fire

To drive by fire.
Till my bad angel fire my good one out.

Fire

To cauterize.

Fire

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.

Fire

To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.

Fire

To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

Fire

To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.to grow irritated or angry.

Fire

The event of something burning (often destructive);
They lost everything in the fire

Fire

The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;
Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries

Fire

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

Fire

A fireplace in which a fire is burning;
They sat by the fire and talked

Fire

Intense adverse criticism;
Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
The government has come under attack
Don't give me any flak

Fire

Feelings of great warmth and intensity;
He spoke with great ardor

Fire

Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

Fire

A severe trial;
He went through fire and damnation

Fire

Start firing a weapon

Fire

Cause to go off;
Fire a gun
Fire a bullet

Fire

Bake in a kiln so as to harden;
Fire pottery

Fire

Terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers

Fire

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

Fire

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
Arouse pity
Raise a smile
Evoke sympathy

Fire

Destroy by fire;
They burned the house and his diaries

Fire

Provide with fuel;
Oil fires the furnace

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