'Under fire' definitions:
Definition of 'under fire'
From: WordNet
adjective
Subjected to enemy attack or censure; "an official under fire for mismanagement" [syn: under attack(p), under fire(p)]
Definition of 'Under fire'
From: GCIDE
- Under \Un"der\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r), prep. [AS. under, prep. & adv.; akin to OFries. under, OS. undar, D. onder, G. unter, OHG. untar, Icel. undir, Sw. & Dan. under, Goth. undar, L. infra below, inferior lower, Skr. adhas below. [root]201. Cf. Inferior.]
- 1. Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house. [1913 Webster]
- Fruit put in bottles, and the bottles let down into wells under water, will keep long. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Be gathered now, ye waters under heaven, Into one place. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, in many figurative uses which may be classified as follows; [1913 Webster] (a) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. [1913 Webster]
- Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. [1913 Webster]
- Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. [1913 Webster]
- A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. [1913 Webster]
- Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. [1913 Webster] (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. [1913 Webster]
- Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Under arms. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms.
- Under canvas. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents.
- Under fire, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement.
- Under foot. See under Foot, n.
- Under ground, below the surface of the ground.
- Under one's signature, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under Over, prep.
- Under sail. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as Under canvas (a), above. --Totten.
- Under sentence, having had one's sentence pronounced.
- Under the breath, Under one's breath, with low voice; very softly.
- Under the lee (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land.
- Under the gun. Under psychological pressure, such as the need to meet a pressing deadline; feeling pressured
- Under water, below the surface of the water.
- Under way, or Under weigh (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Under fire'
- Fire,
- Fired,
- Firing,
- On fire,
- To fire up,
- 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