Definition of fired

"fired" in the verb sense

1. open fire, fire

start firing a weapon

2. fire, discharge

cause to go off

"fire a gun"

"fire a bullet"

3. fire

bake in a kiln so as to harden

"fire pottery"

4. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position

"The boss fired his secretary today"

"The company terminated 25% of its workers"

5. fire, discharge, go off

go off or discharge

"The gun fired"

6. fire

drive out or away by or as if by fire

"The soldiers were fired"

"Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

7. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses

"arouse pity"

"raise a smile"

"evoke sympathy"

8. burn, fire, burn down

destroy by fire

"They burned the house and his diaries"

9. fuel, fire

provide with fuel

"Oil fires the furnace"

10. fire

generate an electrical impulse

"the neurons fired fast"

11. fire, flame up

become ignited

"The furnace wouldn't fire"

12. fire, light, ignite

start or maintain a fire in

"fire the furnace"

"fired" in the adjective sense

1. discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped

having lost your job

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Quotations for fired

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome outlives in fame the pious fool that raised it. [ Colley Gibber ]

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. [ Bovee ]

Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and aminated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy. [ Quintilian ]

fired in Scrabble®

The word fired is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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fired in Words With Friends™

The word fired is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words containing the sequence fired

Words with fired in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving fired

Shorter words in fired

fir fire

re ire fire

re ire ired

re red ired

Longer words containing fired

backfired

counterfired

crossfired

firedamp firedamps

firedog firedogs

firedoor firedoors

firedragon firedragons

firedrake firedrakes

gasfired

misfired

nonfired

outfired

refired prefired

shellfired

unfired