Firing

//ˈfaɪ.əɹ.ɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery. countable, uncountable

    "After the pots have been glazed, they go back into the kiln for a second firing."

  2. 2
    the act of discharging a gun wordnet
  3. 3
    The fuel for a fire. countable, uncountable

    "No more dams I’ll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing At requiring […]"

  4. 4
    the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of adding fuel to a fire. countable, uncountable

    "One driver told him that a fireman who did not know the route might easily go "over the side" between Corby and Harringworth, unless warned beforehand of the reverse curves; he himself, in his firing days, used to try so to plan his firing that it was unnecessary to add any more coal while passing over this stretch at speed."

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  1. 6
    the act of setting something on fire wordnet
  2. 7
    The discharge of a gun or other weapon. countable, uncountable

    "[…] they fir’d several Times, making other Signals for the Boat. At last, when all their Signals and Firings prov’d fruitless, and they found the Boat did not stir, we saw them by the Help of my Glasses, hoist another Boat out, and row towards the Shore […]"

  3. 8
    the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy wordnet
  4. 9
    The dismissal of someone from a job due to poor work performance. countable, uncountable

    "Even the most seasoned analysts of British politics were struck by the brutality of Ms. May’s hirings and firings."

  5. 10
    Cauterization. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of fire form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, fire + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, fire + -ing.

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