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FIRE UP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Begin to smoke

Example:

After the meal, some of the diners lit up

Synonyms:

fire up; light; light up

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "fire up" is one way to...):

ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)

"Fire up" entails doing...:

smoke (inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arouse or excite feelings and passions

Example:

Wake old feelings of hatred

Synonyms:

fire up; heat; ignite; inflame; stir up; wake

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "fire up" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fire up"):

ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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