fire
/ˈfaɪ.ɚ/ verbo B2En español: cocer, despedir, echar, licenciar
- To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- 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.
- To drive away by setting a fire.
- To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
- To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- 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.
- To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon. · Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
- To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust. · The RCS thrusters fired several times to stabilize the tumbling spacecraft.
Plural fire · He/she/it fires · Pasado fired · Participio pasado fired · Forma en -ing firing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- fire
- He/she/it
- fires
- Pasado
- fired
- Participio pasado
- fired
- Forma en -ing
- firing
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely.
You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast.”
No; my pride is to see the accused pale, agitated, and as though beaten out of all composure by the fire of my eloquence.” Renée uttered a smothered exclamation.
Renée regarded him with fond affection; and certainly his handsome features, lit up as they then were with more than usual fire and animation, seemed formed to excite the innocent admiration with which she gazed on her graceful and intelligent lover.
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