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# fire

«fire» in Mova's school dictionary: **The flames, heat and light made when something burns** — 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

noun (fire, fires); verb (fire, fires, fired, firing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The flames, heat and light made when something burns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#m1)

2) A burning that destroys something: "a house fire", "a forest fire". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#m2)

3) A small fire made on purpose for warmth or cooking: "a campfire". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#m3)

4) As a verb, to shoot a gun or launch something: "fire a rocket". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#m4)

5) As a verb, to tell someone they no longer have their job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, fire needs three things: heat, fuel and oxygen (the fire triangle); take one away and the fire goes out. In safety: never play with matches or lighters; if there is a fire, get out, stay out and call 911 / 999 / 000 / 111 / 112; stop, drop and roll if clothes catch fire; crawl low under smoke. Phrases: on fire, catch fire, set fire to, fire alarm, fire drill, fire engine, firefighter, open fire.

### examples

- We sat by the fire to keep warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x1)
- Fire needs oxygen to burn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x2)
- If there is a fire, get out and stay out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x3)
- The forest fire burned for days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x4)
- Never play with matches; they can start a fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x5)
- The fire alarm rang during the fire drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x6)
- If your clothes catch fire, stop, drop and roll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x7)
- The firefighters put out the fire with water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x8)
- Old man, take away that fire!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fire/#x9)

### note

"A fire" is countable; "fire" in general is uncountable. Do not use water on an oil or electrical fire. Emergency numbers: 911 (USA, Canada), 999 or 112 (UK, Ireland), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand). Smoke is often more dangerous than flames.

### In the corpora

- [The news on TV, the radio and phones shows real things: wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and accidents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/0/)
- [Fire drills work the same way: when you have practised, your body knows the steps even when your heart is racing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/1/)
- [No real animal breathes fire; the bombardier beetle sprays a nearly boiling chemical mix from a tough chamber at attackers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/5/)
- [Back home, a coal slips in the fire and the Rat wakes up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood/8/)
- [Full and warm by the fire, the friends chat, and Badger asks how old Toad is getting on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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