fire-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: direct and discharge something at someone or something

Examples:
The hunter fired at the target.
Gun fired once at the target.
The hunter fired the gun at the target.
Gun was fired at the target.
This gun fires fake bullets.
Fire away!
Fire away your questions and complaints!
The pitcher fired a ball at the batter.
The pitcher wound up and fired.
The reporters fired questions at the senator.
The reporters fired away all evening.
In a normal brain, neurons fire at their own speed, randomly.
Between 1824 and 1846, editorial columns fired insults back and forth.

Mappings:
VerbNet: throw-17.1-1
FrameNet: Use_firearm,Shoot_projectiles
PropBank: fire.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 5

Sense Number 2: dismiss somebody from employment

Examples:
The boss fired his secretary today.
He was fired for chatting online at work.
I cannot believe that he was fired for talking about the South Dakota.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fire-10.10
FrameNet: Firing
PropBank: fire.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 3: excite or evoke strong emotion

Examples:
The warriors were fired by patriotism.
They were surely fired with enthusiasm.
Everyone was fired up with enthusiasm.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 7
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fire_up 1

Sense Number 4: ignite or become ignited

Examples:
The engines fire with a force nearly five times that of gravity.
He fired up the furnace.
Oil fired the furnace.
Simon fired up his cigar and stared, deliberately, out of the window.
And she piqued my curiosity and my curiosity fired my imagination.
Visiting places of historical interest fires your imagination surely.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: fire.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fire_up 2

Sense Number 5: burn something with fire

Examples:
They fired the couch and waited round to see it burn.
The morning sun fired the tops of the trees.
Then he fired the wood blocks in a furnace at 1400 C.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: fire.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 6: bake to harden pottery in a kiln

Examples:
There he made and fired the pots while his wife glazed them.
You'll want to fire the clay molds or stamps to bisque temps.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: fire.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3