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Meaning:

Noun:

  • China, India and Japan One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  • British A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
  • countable Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.
  • countable The elements necessary to start a fire.
  • countable The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place leading to its full or partial destruction.
  • alchemy One of the four basic elements.
  • uncountable A (usually self-sustaining) smouldering.
  • uncountable The shot from a gun.

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Verb:

  • physiology To cause an action potential in a cell.
  • intransitive To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
  • transitive To drive away by setting a fire.
  • transitive To forcibly direct.
  • transitive To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
  • transitive To set (something) on fire.
  • transitive To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something).
  • transitive To terminate the employment contract of an employee, usually because of the misconduct or poor performance of the employee (as opposed to "make redundant" or "lay off", where the employee?s actions are not the reason for the termination); to expel one from their job.

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