The noun fire has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (616) fire -- (the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire")
2. (106) fire, flame, flaming -- (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries")
3. (99) fire, firing -- (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire")
4. (44) fire -- (a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked")
5. (42) fire, attack, flak, flack, blast -- (intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak")
6. (29) ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness -- (feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor")
7. (5) fire -- (once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles))
8. (4) fire -- (a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation")
Overview of verb fire
The verb fire has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (30) open fire, fire -- (start firing a weapon)
2. (16) fire, discharge -- (cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet")
3. (10) fire -- (bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery")
4. (7) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")
5. (5) fire, discharge, go off -- (go off or discharge; "The gun fired")
6. (1) fire -- (drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism")