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fire

['faɪə] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. огонь, пламя
2. пожар; воспламенение, возгорание, горение
3. извержение вулкана
4. горючее, топливо (дерево, уголь, бензин)
5. свет, свечение, огонь
6. жар, лихорадка
7. пыл, воодушевление; страсть, страстность, неистовость
8. поэт. вдохновение
9. воен. огонь, стрельба
гл.
1. стрелять, вести огонь, палить; выстреливать
2. = fire out увольнять
3. 1. зажигать, поджигать
  2. воспламеняться, загораться
4. обжигать (керамику, кирпичи и т. п.); сушить (чай и т. п.)
5. топить печь
6. извергаться (о вулкане)
7. мед. прижигать
8. алеть, краснеть (обычно о закатном и рассветном небе)
9. фото "щёлкать", снимать кадр
10. воодушевлять, возбуждать
11. возбуждаться; раздражаться, свирепеть
12. (fire at) обращать (речь) к (кому-л.), засыпать (вопросами, комплиментами)
13. (fire up) запустить
межд.
чёрт! дьявол!

Law (En-Ru)

fire

пожар
увольнять с работы; увольнять с должности

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"Why doesn't he fire?" whispered Kemp to himself.
– Что же он не стреляет? – пробормотал Кемп.
Wells, Herbert George / The Invisible ManУэллс, Герберт / Человек-невидимка
Человек-невидимка
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1972
The Invisible Man
Wells, Herbert George
© 2008 Waldman Publishing Corp.

Why did her eyes always glow with a strange fire? What else did she want, that witch with a very slight squint in one eye, who always decked herself with mimosa every spring?
Что нужно было этой женщине, в глазах которой всегда горел какой-то непонятный огонечек, что нужно было этой чуть косящей на один глаз ведьме, украсившей себя тогда весною мимозами?
Bulgakov, Michail / The Master and MargaritaБулгаков, Михаил / Мастер и Маргарита
Мастер и Маргарита
Булгаков, Михаил
© "Мурманское книжное издательство", 1990
The Master and Margarita
Bulgakov, Michail
© Translated from the russian by Michael Glenny
© 1967 Collins and Harvill Press, London
© 1967 in the English translation

But at last, some three points off the weather bow, Ahab descried the spout again, and instantly from the three mast-heads three shrieks went up as if the tongues of fire had voiced it.
Наконец румба на три вправо с наветренной стороны Ахав разглядел далекий фонтан, и в тот же миг, возвещая о нем, с трех мачт взметнулись к небу три возгласа, точно три языка пламени.
Melville, Herman / Moby Dick Or The WhaleМелвилл, Герман / Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Мелвилл, Герман
© Издательство «Художественная литература», 1981
Moby Dick Or The Whale
Melville, Herman
© Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library, 1988

Sigarni was seated on a high-backed saddle placed before a small fire. She was drinking wine from a copper goblet and chatting to three of her lancers.
Сигурни сидела у костра на высоком седле, пила вино из медного кубка и вела беседу с тремя солдатами.
Gemmell, David / The Hawk EternalГеммел, Дэвид / Вечный ястреб
Вечный ястреб
Геммел, Дэвид
The Hawk Eternal
Gemmell, David
© 1995 by David A. Gemmell

The air immediately outside the stone ring shimmered and glowed a pale orange, like a thin film of fire.
Воздух, облекавший снаружи каменный круг, сиял и переливался бледно‑оранжевым свечением, словно бы тончайшая пленка огня.
Boyer, Elizabeth / Elves And The OtterskinБойер, Элизабет / Ученик ведьмы
Ученик ведьмы
Бойер, Элизабет
Elves And The Otterskin
Boyer, Elizabeth

It was a dissolving fire which was actuating him now.
Это был голос всепоглощающей страсти.
Dreiser, Theodore / Sister CarrieДрайзер, Теодор / Сестра Керри
Сестра Керри
Драйзер, Теодор
© Издательство "Правда", 1986
Sister Carrie
Dreiser, Theodore
© Nov. 8, 1900 No. A27641 by Doubleday, Page & Co.
© renewed by Theodore Dreiser as Author Nov. 17, 1927 No. R42188

The dogs' scent is drowned. The guns miss fire....
Собакам чучье заливает; ружья осекаются…
Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.2Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Записки охотника т.2
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975

"And in that event," said the Doctor to his companion, "fire and fagot shall be the best of her welcome."
— А тогда, — сказал доктор своему спутнику, — дрова и пламя будут для нее лучшим приветствием.
Scott, Walter / The AbbotСкотт, Вальтер / Аббат
Аббат
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1963
The Abbot
Scott, Walter
© The University Court of the University of Edinburgh 2000

"I went to the window, put my forehead against the frozen pane, and I remember the ice burnt my forehead like fire.
Я подошел к окну, приложил лоб к мерзлому стеклу и помню, что мне лоб обожгло льдом как огнем.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

It fortunately fell short of its mark and broke safely upon the stone steps, setting on fire nothing more important than a fellow rioter.
К счастью, тот не долетел до цели и упал на каменные ступени, не причинив вреда никому, кроме другого бунтовщика.
Liss, David / A Spectacle Of CorruptionЛисс, Дэвид / Ярмарка коррупции
Ярмарка коррупции
Лисс, Дэвид
© И. Нелюбова, перевод, 2007
© Издательский дом "Азбука-классика", 2007
© 2004 by David Liss
A Spectacle Of Corruption
Liss, David
© 2004 by David Liss

Some folks say maybe it was gone before the fire started."
Ходят слухи, что они исчезли до пожара.
Goodkind, Terry / The pillars of creationГудкайнд, Терри / Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Гудкайнд, Терри
© Теrry Goodkind, 2001
© Перевод Н.Романецкий, 2003
© ООО "Издательство ACT", 2003
The pillars of creation
Goodkind, Terry
© 2001 by Теrry Goodkind

All around their villages they set fire to the prairie grass so the soldiers would not find it easy to camp nearby.
Повсюду вокруг своих селений они подожгли траву в прерии, чтобы солдаты не нашли поблизости удобной стоянки.
Brown , Dee / Bury my Heart at Wounded KneeБраун, Ди / Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Браун, Ди
© Издательство "Прогресс", 1984
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Brown , Dee
© 1970 by Dee Brown

"Get on, quick!" shrieked Ferdishenko, rushing wildly up to Gania, and trying to drag him to the fire by the sleeve of his coat. "Get it, you dummy, it's burning away fast!
- Полезай! - заревел Фердыщенко, бросаясь к Гане в решительном исступлении и дергая егоза рукав: - полезай, фанфаронишка! Сгорит!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

Addressing it as it lay, he said: — Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire!
— Иди от меня, проклятая, в огонь вечный, — провозгласил он ей вслед.
Joyce, James / A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManДжойс, Джеймс / Портрет художника в юности
Портрет художника в юности
Джойс, Джеймс
© Перевод М. Богословской. Наследники, 2007
© Оформление, издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2007
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce, James
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

Crossing the field, I did not know but that some one would fire on us from the trees near the farmhouse or from the farmhouse itself.
Проходя через поле, я был готов к тому, что в нас станут стрелять из-за деревьев вокруг дома или из самого дома.
Hemingway, Ernest / A Farewell To ArmsХемингуэй, Эрнест / Прощай, оружие!
Прощай, оружие!
Хемингуэй, Эрнест
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1961
A Farewell To Arms
Hemingway, Ernest
© 1929, by Charles Scribner's Sons

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'faɪəNounогонь; пламяExamples

to build / lay / make (up) a fire — раскладывать костёр
to light / kindle a fire — разводить огонь
to fuel fire — подбрасывать топливо в огонь
to poke / stir a fire — ворошить огонь
to stoke / nurse a fire — поддерживать огонь
to bank a fire — засыпать огонь
to douse / extinguish / put out a fire — тушить огонь
to bring a fire under control / contain fire — сдерживать огонь
to stamp out a fire — затаптывать огонь
to set fire to smth. / smth. on fire — поджигать что-л.

User translations

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1.
пожар
translation added by Кирилл Кирьянов
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2.
огонь, пожар
translation added by jk
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3.
увольнять
translation added by Александр Дмитриенко
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4.
огонь
translation added by Вович Кокра
1
5.
костер
translation added by Кристина Харковенко
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Collocations

aiming fire

прицельный огонь

aircraft fire point

очаг пожара на воздушном судне

aircraft fire sprinkler

авиапожарный опрыскиватель

antifreezing fire extinguisher

огнетушитель с незамерзающим раствором

arc of fire

сектор обстрела

associated fire control operation

противопожарное патрулирование по пути выполнения основного задания

ball of fire

бокал бренди

ball of fire

жизнерадостный

ball of fire

полный энергии человек

baptism of fire

боевое крещение

baptism of fire

крещение огнем

baptism of fire

огненное крещение

baptism of fire

первое испытание на каком-л. поприще

boundary fire barrier

противопожарная преграда

bowl-fire

источник инфракрасного излучения

Word forms

fire

verb

Basic forms
Past	fired
Imperative	fire
Present Participle (Participle I)	firing
Past Participle (Participle II)	fired

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I fire	we fire
you fire	you fire
he/she/it fires	they fire

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am firing	we are firing
you are firing	you are firing
he/she/it is firing	they are firing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have fired	we have fired
you have fired	you have fired
he/she/it has fired	they have fired

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been firing	we have been firing
you have been firing	you have been firing
he/she/it has been firing	they have been firing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I fired	we fired
you fired	you fired
he/she/it fired	they fired

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was firing	we were firing
you were firing	you were firing
he/she/it was firing	they were firing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had fired	we had fired
you had fired	you had fired
he/she/it had fired	they had fired

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been firing	we had been firing
you had been firing	you had been firing
he/she/it had been firing	they had been firing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will fire	we shall/will fire
you will fire	you will fire
he/she/it will fire	they will fire

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be firing	we shall/will be firing
you will be firing	you will be firing
he/she/it will be firing	they will be firing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have fired	we shall/will have fired
you will have fired	you will have fired
he/she/it will have fired	they will have fired

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been firing	we shall/will have been firing
you will have been firing	you will have been firing
he/she/it will have been firing	they will have been firing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would fire	we should/would fire
you would fire	you would fire
he/she/it would fire	they would fire

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be firing	we should/would be firing
you would be firing	you would be firing
he/she/it would be firing	they would be firing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have fired	we should/would have fired
you would have fired	you would have fired
he/she/it would have fired	they would have fired

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been firing	we should/would have been firing
you would have been firing	you would have been firing
he/she/it would have been firing	they would have been firing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am fired	we are fired
you are fired	you are fired
he/she/it is fired	they are fired

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being fired	we are being fired
you are being fired	you are being fired
he/she/it is being fired	they are being fired

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been fired	we have been fired
you have been fired	you have been fired
he/she/it has been fired	they have been fired

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was fired	we were fired
you were fired	you were fired
he/she/it was fired	they were fired

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being fired	we were being fired
you were being fired	you were being fired
he/she/it was being fired	they were being fired

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been fired	we had been fired
you had been fired	you had been fired
he/she/it had been fired	they had been fired

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be fired	we shall/will be fired
you will be fired	you will be fired
he/she/it will be fired	they will be fired

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been fired	we shall/will have been fired
you will have been fired	you will have been fired
he/she/it will have been fired	they will have been fired

fire

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	fire	fires
Possessive case	fire's	fires'

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