Idioms for fire
Origin of fire
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English
fȳr; cognate with Old Norse
fūrr, German
Feuer, Greek
pŷr (see
pyro-); (v.) Middle English
firen to kindle, inflame, derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM fire
fir·er, noun coun·ter·fire, noun, verb (used without object), coun·ter·fired, coun·ter·fir·ing. re·fire, verb, re·fired, re·fir·ing. un·fired, adjectiveWords nearby fire
fiqh,
fir,
firbank,
firbolg,
firdausi,
fire,
fire alarm,
fire ant,
fire apparatus,
fire appliance,
fire area
British Dictionary definitions for hang fire
fire
/ (faɪə) /
noun
verb
sentence substitute
a cry to warn others of a fire
the order to begin firing a gun, artillery, etc
Derived forms of fire
fireable, adjective fireless, adjective firer, nounWord Origin for fire
Old English
fӯr; related to Old Saxon
fiur, Old Norse
fūrr, Old High German
fūir, Greek
pur
Medical definitions for hang fire
fire
[ fīr ]
v.
To generate an electrical impulse. Used of a neuron.
Idioms and Phrases with hang fire (1 of 2)
hang fire
Delay, as in The advertising campaign is hanging fire until they decide how much to spend on it. This expression originally referred to the 17th-century flintlock musket, where the priming powder ignited but often failed to explode the main charge, a result called hanging fire. [c. 1800]
Idioms and Phrases with hang fire (2 of 2)
fire