fire
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~ generate an electrical impulse; "the neurons fired fast"
fire
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~ drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
fire
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~ provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
fire
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~ become ignited; "The furnace wouldn't fire"
fire
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~ cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
fire
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~ start or maintain a fire in; "fire the furnace"
fire
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~ call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
firebomb
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~ attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the stores"
fireproof
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~ make resistant to fire
firm
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~ make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"
firm
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~ become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
fish
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~ seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"
fish
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~ catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"
fishtail
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~ slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"
fissure
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~ break into fissures or fine cracks
fistfight
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~ fight with the fists; "The man wanted to fist-fight"
fit
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~ be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle"
fit
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~ fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; "does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"; "This job doesn't match my dreams"; "meet a need"
fit
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~ be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
fit
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~ conform to some shape or size; "How does this shirt fit?"