Definition of Fired
Adjective: fired fI(-u)rd
- Having lost your job
- discharged, dismissed, laid-off, pink-slipped
- Start firing a weapon
- open fire
- Cause to go off
"fire a bullet"; "fire a gun";
- discharge
- (cooking) bake in a kiln so as to harden
"fire pottery"
- Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today";
- displace, give notice, can [N. Amer, informal], dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
- Go off or discharge
"The gun fired";
- discharge, go off
- Drive out or away by or as if by fire
"The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold scepticism"
- Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, raise, provoke
- Destroy by fire
- burn, burn down
- Provide as a source of energy or heat
"Oil fires the furnace";
- fuel
See also:
firecrackers
firedamp
Anagrams containing the word fired