'On fire' definitions:
Definition of 'on fire'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]
Definition of 'On fire'
From: GCIDE
- Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. Empyrean, Pyre.]
- 1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called flame. Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper. [1913 Webster]
- he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal. [1913 Webster]
- And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star. [1913 Webster]
- Stars, hide your fires. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction. [1913 Webster]
- 9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire. [1913 Webster]
- Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.), compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc.
- Fire alarm (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire. (b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
- Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
- Fire balloon. (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
- Fire bar, a grate bar.
- Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
- Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
- Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire.
- Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire.
- Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc.
- Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished fires.
- Fire bucket. See under Bucket.
- Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.]
- Fire clay. See under Clay.
- Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires.
- Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.
- Fire damp. See under Damp.
- Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.
- Fire drill. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples.
- Fire eater. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.]
- Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire.
- Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings.
- Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat.
- Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding.
- Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period.
- Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel.
- Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire.
- Fire master (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks.
- Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against fire.
- Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
- Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot.
- Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
- Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires.
- Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire.
- Fire pot. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace.
- Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships.
- Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire.
- Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
- Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships.
- Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
- Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.
- Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface.
- Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow.
- Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
- Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by the American Indians.
- Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
- Greek fire. See under Greek.
- On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous.
- Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops.
- St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
- St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.
- To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.
- To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'On fire'
- Fire,
- Fired,
- Firing,
- To fire up,
- Under fire,
- fire up,
- firing off,
- Angel Fire,
- Beacon fire,
- Blue fire,
- Council fire,
- Cross fire,
- Death fire,
- Direct fire,
- Dropping fire,
- Elf fire,
- Elmo's fire,
- False fire,
- File firing,
- Fire Island,
- Fire alarm,
- Fire annihilator,
- Fire balloon,
- Fire bar,
- Fire basket,
- Fire beetle,
- Fire blast,
- Fire box,
- Fire brick,
- Fire brigade,
- Fire bucket,
- Fire bug,
- Fire clay,
- Fire company,
- Fire cross,
- Fire damp,
- Fire dog,
- Fire drill,
- Fire eater,
- Fire engine,
- Fire escape,
- Fire gilding,
- Fire gilt,
- Fire insurance,
- Fire irons,
- Fire main,
- Fire master,
- Fire office,
- Fire opal,
- Fire ordeal,
- Fire pan,
- Fire plug,
- Fire policy,
- Fire pot,
- Fire raft,
- Fire roll,
- Fire setting,
- Fire ship,
- Fire shovel,
- Fire stink,
- Fire surface,
- Fire swab,
- Fire teaser,
- Fire tube,
- Fire water,
- Fire worship,
- Firing iron,
- Firing pin,
- Grecian fire,
- Greek fire,
- Green fire,
- Gun fire,
- Heavy fire,
- Horizontal fire,
- Indian fire,
- Knobbling fire,
- Line of fire,
- Night fire,
- Persian fire,
- Plunging fire,
- Red fire,
- Reverse fire,
- Ricochet firing,
- Rolling fire,
- Running fire,
- To bank a fire,
- To bank up a fire,
- To catch fire,
- To hang fire,
- To light a fire,
- To set fire to,
- To set on fire,
- To stand fire,
- To take fire,
- To walk through the fire,
- Vertical fire,
- Watch fire,
- all-fired,
- antiaircraft fire,
- artillery fire,
- back fire,
- ball of fire,
- barrage fire,
- brush fire,
- call fire,
- cannon fire,
- catch fire,
- cease fire,
- concentrated fire,
- counterbattery fire,
- countermortar fire,
- counterpreparation fire,
- covering fire,
- crown fire,
- destruction fire,
- distributed fire,
- electric fire,
- enfilade fire,
- field of fire,
- fire and brimstone,
- fire ant,
- fire bell,
- fire blight,
- fire bush,
- fire chief,
- fire code,
- fire control,
- fire department,
- fire door,
- fire extinguisher,
- fire fighter,
- fire grenade,
- fire hook,
- fire hose,
- fire hydrant,
- fire iron,
- fire marble,
- fire marshal,
- fire marshall,
- fire pink,
- fire pit,
- fire retardant,
- fire salamander,
- fire sale,
- fire screen,
- fire station,
- fire tactics,
- fire thorn,
- fire tongs,
- fire tower,
- fire tree,
- fire trench,
- fire truck,
- fire tubes,
- fire walker,
- fire walking,
- fire warden,
- fire watcher,
- fire watching,
- fire wheel,
- firing chamber,
- firing line,
- firing mechanism,
- firing party,
- firing range,
- firing squad,
- flame of fire,
- forest fire,
- fox fire,
- friendly fire,
- grazing fire,
- ground fire,
- hang fire,
- harassing fire,
- hostile fire,
- indirect fire,
- interdiction fire,
- massed fire,
- mortar fire,
- neutralization fire,
- observed fire,
- open fire,
- play with fire,
- prairie fire,
- preparation fire,
- radar fire,
- reconnaissance by fire,
- registration fire,
- rocket firing,
- scheduled fire,
- searching fire,
- set on fire,
- signal fire,
- supporting fire,
- suppressive fire,
- surface fire,
- take fire,
- unobserved fire,
- zone fire,
- Angel Fire, NM,
- Back-fire,
- Back-firing,
- Fire Island, NY,
- Fire-fanged,
- Fire-new,
- Fire-set,
- Pin-fire,
- Rapid-fire,
- Rapid-firing,
- Rim-fire,
- Saint Anthony's fire,
- Saint Elmo's fire,
- St Anthony's fire,
- St Elmo's fire,
- Steam fire engine,
- Too many irons in the fire,
- cease-fire,
- close supporting fire,
- coal-fired,
- deep supporting fire,
- direct supporting fire,
- european fire salamander,
- fire control radar,
- fire control system,
- fire-bush,
- fire-eater,
- fire-on-the-mountain,
- fire-raising,
- fire-resistant,
- fire-resisting,
- fire-resistive,
- fire-retardant,
- fire-swallower,
- fire-tree,
- fire-wheel,
- fire-worship,
- forest fire fighter,
- mexican fire plant,
- oil-fired,
- quick-fire,
- saint ulmo's fire,
- st. elmo's fire,
- sure-fire,
- wood-fired,
- Center-fire cartridge,
- Rapid-fire mount,
- Rim-fire cartridge,
- Stink-fire lance,
- fire-bellied toad,
- fire-crested wren,
- fire-sale price,
- high-angle fire