Usually means: Rapid oxidation releasing heat, light.
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We found 55 dictionaries that define the word fire:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. FIRE, Fire, fire: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. fire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fire: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fire: Vocabulary.com
  6. FIre, Fire, fire: Wordnik
  7. fire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. FIRE, fire: Wiktionary
  9. fire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fire: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Fire, fire: Dictionary.com
  13. fire (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. fire: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. FIRE (disambiguation), FIRE, Fire (Arthur Brown song), Fire (BTS song), Fire (Beth Ditto song), Fire (Big Sean song), Fire (Bruce Springsteen song), Fire (Cashore novel), Fire (DC Comics), Fire (Dead by Sunrise song), Fire (Electric Six album), Fire (Elfgren and Strandberg novel), Fire (Ferry Corsten feat. Simon Le Bon), Fire (Ferry Corsten song), Fire (Fleurine album), Fire (Game & Watch), Fire (Image Comics), Fire (Jimi Hendrix song), Fire (Kasabian song), Fire (Kids See Ghosts song), Fire (Krystal Meyers song), Fire (Lexx), Fire (Markus Feehily album), Fire (Necro song), Fire (OS), Fire (Ohio Players album), Fire (Ohio Players song), Fire (Part 2), Fire (Peking Duk song), Fire (Pointer Sisters song), Fire (Rodgers novel), Fire (Scooter song), Fire (TV series), Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song), Fire (The X-Files), Fire (U2 song), Fire (Wild Orchid album), Fire (Wu Xing), Fire (artscene group), Fire (band), Fire (classical element), Fire (comics), Fire (disambiguation), Fire (element), Fire (film), Fire (instant messaging client), Fire (magazine), Fire (song), Fire (wrestler), Fire (wuxing), Fire, Fire, The Fire (Heatwave album), The Fire (Matt Cardle album), The Fire (Seinfeld), The Fire (Seinfeld episode), The Fire (Senses Fail album), The Fire (The Office), The Fire (Under the Dome), The Fire (novel): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Fire: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. fire: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. fire: Rhymezone
  19. fire: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. fire: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. FIRE: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Fire: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. fire: Free Dictionary
  24. fire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. fire: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. fire: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. fire: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  3. Fire: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. fire: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fire: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. fire: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. FIRE: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. fire: Idioms
  6. A Dictionary Of WitchCraft (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Fire: Easton Bible
  2. Fire: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. fire: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. FIRE: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. fire, fire, fire, fire, fire, fire: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Fire: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Fire: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. Fire-, the fire: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Fire: Gems and Precious Stones
  3. Fire: Pottery Studio

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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.
noun:  (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).
noun:  (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
noun:  (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
noun:  (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
noun:  (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
noun:  (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
noun:  (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
noun:  (countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A firearm.
noun:  (countable, figurative) A barrage, volley
noun:  (astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
noun:  Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
noun:  Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
noun:  Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
noun:  A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
noun:  Red coloration in a piece of opal.
adjective:  (slang) Amazing; excellent.
verb:  (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
verb:  (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
verb:  (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
verb:  (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
verb:  (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
verb:  (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
verb:  (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
verb:  (astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
verb:  (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
verb:  (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
verb:  (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
verb:  (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
verb:  (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
verb:  To animate; to give life or spirit to.
verb:  To feed or serve the fire of.
verb:  (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
verb:  (transitive, farriery) To cauterize.
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train.
verb:  (slang, usually with "up") To start (an engine).
noun:  (finance) Acronym of financial independence and retire early.
noun:  (economics, business) Acronym of finance, insurance and real estate: a class of businesses. [The management of money and other assets.]
noun:  Acronym of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (formerly Foundation for Individual Rights in Education): a non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the aim of protecting free speech rights on college campuses in the United States.

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