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# fiery

«fiery» in Mova's school dictionary: **Burning or full of fire: «a fiery furnace»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fiery, fierier, fieriest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Burning or full of fire: «a fiery furnace». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#m1)

2) Bright red or orange like fire: «a fiery sunset», «fiery red hair». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#m2)

3) Quick to get angry or very passionate: «a fiery temper», «a fiery speech». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#m3)

4) Very hot and spicy: «a fiery curry». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In Bible lessons Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace and saved by God. In stories a fiery dragon breathes flames and a fiery character loses their temper fast. Phrases: «fiery furnace», «fiery temper», «fiery red», «fiery chilli».

### examples

- The dragon gave a fiery roar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#x1)
- Three young men were thrown into the fiery furnace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#x2)
- The sky was fiery orange at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#x3)
- Our captain has a fiery temper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#x4)
- This sauce is really fiery! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#x5)
- The leader gave a fiery speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#x6)
- "But how did you get across the fiery river?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: fiery (not «firey»), although it comes from «fire». Comparison: fierier, fieriest (rare). Similar: blazing, flaming, hot-tempered.

### In the corpora

- [The three friends were thrown into a fiery furnace but were not burnt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/8/)
- [And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.761/)
- [Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.47/)
- [There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1293/)
- [He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1375/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fiery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.