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Synonyms of the word 
FIRE → ARDOR - ARDOUR - AROUSE - ATTACK - BAKE - BLAST - BURN - BURNING - CAN - COMBUSTION - CREATE - CRITICISM - DESTROY - DISCHARGE - DISMISS - DISPEL - ELEMENT - ELICIT - ENKINDLE - EVOKE - FERVENCY - FERVIDNESS - FERVOR - FERVOUR - FIREPLACE - FIRING - FLACK - FLAK - FLAME - FLAMING - FUEL - FURNISH - HAPPENING - HEARTH - KINDLE - MAKE - OCCURRENCE - OCCURRENT - ONRUSH - ONSET - ONSLAUGHT - PASSION - PASSIONATENESS - PROVIDE - PROVOKE - RAISE - REMOVE - RENDER - RUIN - SACK - SHOOT - SUPPLY - TERMINATE - TRIAL - TRIBULATION - VISITATIONfire- n. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon…
- n. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained…
- n. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- n. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered a one of…
- n. (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- n. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
- n. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
- n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- n. (countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character…
- v. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
- v. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- v. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
- v. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct…
- v. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse or stream of something).
- v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
- v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- v. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- v. (intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- v. To feed or serve the fire of.
- v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- v. (farriery) To cauterize.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
- adj. (slang) Amazing.
- interj. A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire.
- interj. A signal to shoot.
ardor- n. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
- n. Spirit. (clarification of this definition is being sought).
- n. Intense heat.
ardour- n. British spelling and Canadian spelling of ardor.
arouse- v. To stimulate feelings.
- v. To sexually stimulate.
- v. To wake from sleep or stupor.
attack- n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
- n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
- n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
- n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
- n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
- n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
- v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
- v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
bake- v. (transitive or intransitive) (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.
- v. (intransitive) (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
- v. (intransitive) To be warmed to drying and hardening.
- v. (transitive) To dry by heat.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be hot.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
- v. To harden by cold.
- v. (computer graphics, transitive) To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object…
- n. The act of cooking food by baking.
- n. (especially Britain, New Zealand) Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
- n. (US) A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.
- n. (Barbados, sometimes US and UK) A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten in Barbados and sometimes…
blast- n. A violent gust of wind.
- n. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
- n. A hit from a pipe.
- n. The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
- n. The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an…
- n. An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
- n. An explosive charge for blasting.
- n. A loud, sudden sound.
- n. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- n. (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
- n. (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
- n. A flatulent disease of sheep.
- n. (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) An algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information.
- v. (transitive) To confound by a loud blast or din.
- v. (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
- v. (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
- v. (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- v. (transitive) To curse; to damn.
- v. (transitive) (sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
- v. (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
- v. To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- v. (transitive) To blight or wither.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To blow, for example on a trumpet.
- interj. Blast it; damn it.
- n. (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
burn- n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
- n. The act of burning something.
- n. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- n. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- n. (Britain, chiefly prison slang) tobacco.
- n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- n. A disease in vegetables; brand.
- v. (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- v. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
- v. (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
- v. (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- v. (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
- v. (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.
- v. (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To sunburn.
- v. (transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect…
- v. (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
- v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat;…
- v. (chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
- v. (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- v. (transitive, slang) To betray.
- v. (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
- v. (transitive) To waste (time).
- v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
- v. (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
- v. (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
- v. (photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare…
- n. (Scotland, Northern England) A stream.
burning- v. present participle of burn.
- adj. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
- adj. Feeling very hot.
- adj. Feeling great passion.
- adj. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
- n. The act by which something burns or is burned.
- n. A fire.
can- v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
- v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To be possible, usually with be.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
- n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium.
- n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
- n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet.
- n. (US, slang) A place with a toilet: a lavatory.
- n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
- n. (slang) Jail or prison.
- n. (slang) Headphones.
- n. (obsolete) A drinking cup.
- n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark.
- v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
- v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- v. To shut up.
- v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
combustion- n. (chemistry) The act or process of burning.
- n. A process where two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
- n. A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
- n. (figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
create- v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
- v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
- v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
- v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
- v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
- v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
- adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
criticism- n. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination…
destroy- v. (transitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
- v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
- v. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
- v. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
- v. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
- v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
- v. (computing, transitive) To remove data.
discharge- v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
- v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
- v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
- v. To expel or let go.
- v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
- v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
- v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
- v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
- v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the…
- v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
- v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or…
- v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
- v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
- v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
- v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
- n. (medicine, uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection…
- n. the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
- n. the act of expelling or letting go.
- n. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
- n. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
- n. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- n. (hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of…
dismiss- v. (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
- v. (transitive) To order to leave.
- v. (transitive) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
- v. (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- v. To send or put away.
- v. (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
- v. (transitive, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.
dispel- v. To drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate.
- n. An act or instance of dispelling.
element- n. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution…
- n. A small part of the whole.
- n. (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- n. A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
- n. (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- n. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- n. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating…
- n. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching…
elicit- v. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or…
- v. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
- v. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
- adj. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
enkindle- v. To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
evoke- v. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
fervency- n. The state of being fervent.
fervidness- n. The quality of being fervid.
fervor- n. (US) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
- n. (US) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
- n. (US) Heat.
fervour- n. An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour.
- n. A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
- n. Heat.
fireplace- n. An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
firing- n. The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
- n. The fuel for a fire.
- n. The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
- n. The dismissal of someone from a job.
- v. present participle of fire.
flack- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
- v. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To hang loosely; flag.
- v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To beat by flapping.
- n. A publicist, a publicity agent.
- v. To publicise, to promote.
- n. Alternative spelling of flak.
flak- n. Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- n. Anti-aircraft shell fire.
- n. (figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.
- n. (informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
flame- n. The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
- n. A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
- n. (Internet) Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger.
- n. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
- n. (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument…
- n. Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
- v. To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
- v. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
- v. (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
- adj. Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
flaming- adj. On fire with visible flames.
- adj. (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
- adj. (Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
- v. present participle of flame.
- n. Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
- n. (Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.
fuel- n. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- n. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
- n. (figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
- v. To provide with fuel.
- v. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
furnish- n. Material used to create an engineered product.
- v. (transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or give.
happening- v. present participle of happen.
- adj. (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
- adj. (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
- n. Something that happens.
- n. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
hearth- n. A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven.
- n. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
- n. The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
- n. A symbol for home or family life.
- n. (paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.
kindle- v. (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
- n. (rare, collective) A group of kittens.
- v. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.
make- v. (transitive, heading) To create.
- v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- v. To constitute.
- v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- v. To appoint; to name.
- v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- v. To enact; to establish.
- v. To develop into; to prove to be.
- v. To form or formulate in the mind.
- v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
- v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
- v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
- n. How a thing is made; construction.
- n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
- n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- n. A person's character or disposition.
- n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
- n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
- n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
- n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
- n. (slang, military) A promotion.
- n. A home-made project.
- n. (basketball) A made basket.
- n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
- n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
occurrence- n. Actual instance when a situation arises.
occurrent- adj. Current, actual, occurring.
- n. (now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs.
onrush- n. A forceful rush or flow forward.
- n. An aggressive assault.
- v. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
- v. To assault aggressively.
onset- n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
- n. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- n. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
- n. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to…
- n. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
- n. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
- n. the start (of something).
- v. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
- v. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.
onslaught- n. A fierce attack.
- n. A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
passion- n. Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate.
- n. Fervor, determination.
- n. An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
- n. sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
- n. (Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
- n. A play, musical composition or display meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
- n. (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
- n. (obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition;…
- n. (obsolete) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external…
- n. (obsolete) An innate quality, property, or attribute of a thing.
- n. (obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
- v. (obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
- v. (transitive) To give a passionate character to.
passionateness- n. The condition of being passionate.
- n. A passionate act.
provide- v. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- v. To act to prepare for something.
- v. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- v. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- v. To furnish (with), cause to be present.
- v. To make possible or attainable.
- v. (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
- v. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
provoke- v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
- v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
- v. (obsolete) To appeal.
raise- v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
- v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
- v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
- n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
- n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
- n. A cairn or pile of stones.
remove- v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
- v. (transitive) To murder.
- v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
- v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
- v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
- v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
- n. The act of removing something.
- n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
- n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
- n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
- n. Distance in time or space; interval.
- n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
- n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
render- v. (transitive) To cause to become.
- v. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- v. (transitive) To translate into another language.
- v. (transitive) To pass down.
- v. (transitive) To make over as a return.
- v. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- v. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
- v. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- v. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- v. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- v. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
- v. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster. To render with stucco.
- v. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- v. (nautical) To yield or give way.
- v. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
- v. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
- n. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
- n. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
- n. (obsolete) A surrender.
- n. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
- n. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
- n. One who rends.
ruin- n. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a…
- n. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- n. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- n. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
- n. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- v. (transitive) to cause the fiscal ruin of.
- v. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- v. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- v. To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.
sack- n. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities,…
- n. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity…
- n. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
- n. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
- n. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense4 below.
- n. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
- n. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack…
- n. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
- n. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders,…
- n. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
- n. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
- v. To put in a sack or sacks.
- v. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
- v. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
- v. (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage…
- v. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
- v. (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
- n. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine…
- v. Alternative spelling of sac.
- n. Alternative spelling of sac.
shoot- v. To launch a projectile.
- v. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- v. (sports) To act or achieve.
- v. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- v. To develop, move forward.
- v. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- v. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- v. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W.
- n. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- n. A photography session.
- n. A hunt or shooting competition.
- n. (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- n. A rush of water; a rapid.
- n. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- n. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- n. A shoat; a young pig.
- n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a…
- interj. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain.
supply- v. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- v. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- v. (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- v. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- v. (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- v. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- v. (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;…
- n. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- n. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- n. (in the plural) provisions.
- n. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual…
- n. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- adv. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
terminate- v. (transitive or intransitive, formal) To end, especially in an incomplete state.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- adj. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
- adj. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
- adj. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
trial- n. An opportunity to test something out; a test.
- n. Appearance at judicial court.
- n. A difficult or annoying experience.
- n. A tryout to pick members of a team.
- n. (Britain) An internal examination set by Eton College.
- adj. Pertaining to a trial or test.
- adj. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
- v. To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
- v. To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
- adj. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
- adj. Triple.
- adj. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular,…
tribulation- n. Any adversity; a trying period or event.
visitation- n. The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
- n. An official visit to inspect or examine something.
- n. An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
- n. The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
- n. A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
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