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• fire someone's imagination — fire someone’s imagination phrase to make someone feel very interested in something and excited about it He fired the imagination of contemporaries and of later generations. Thesaurus: to make someone feel excited, enthusiastic or… …   Useful english dictionary

• fire someone's imagination — to make someone feel very interested in something and excited about it He fired the imagination of contemporaries and of later generations …   English dictionary

• fire — [fīr] n. [ME fyr < OE, akin to Ger feuer < IE base * pewōr > Gr pyra, PYRE, Czech pýř, glowing embers] 1. the active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion 2. fuel burning in a furnace, fireplace, etc. 3 …   English World dictionary

• imagination — n. 1) to excite, fire smb. s imagination 2) to use one s imagination 3) to defy, stagger, stir smb. s imagination 4) an active, lively, vivid; creative; feeble; wild imagination 5) a figment of smb. s imagination 6) the imagination to + inf.… …   Combinatory dictionary

• fire — I [[t]fa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM ♦♦ fires, firing, fired (Please look at category 18 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N UNCOUNT Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things… …   English dictionary

• fire — 1 noun 1 BURNING (U) the flames, light and heat produced when something burns: The warehouse was completely destroyed by fire. | be on fire (=be burning): The house is on fire! | catch fire/catch on fire (=start to burn): Mary knocked the candle… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• imagination — i|ma|gi|na|tion W3S3 [ıˌmædʒıˈneıʃən] n 1.) [U and C] the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind ▪ You don t have to use your imagination when you re watching television. ▪ Children often have very vivid imaginations . ▪ There is a lack… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fire — fire1 [ faır ] noun *** ▸ 1 uncontrolled burning ▸ 2 controlled burning ▸ 3 shooting with gun ▸ 4 strong feeling ▸ 5 equipment for heating ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount flames and heat from something that is burning in an uncontrolled way:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fire */*/*/ — I UK [ˈfaɪə(r)] / US [faɪr] noun Word forms fire : singular fire plural fires 1) [countable/uncountable] flames and heat from something that is burning in an uncontrolled way The school was badly damaged by fire. Three children died in a fire at… …   English dictionary

• Imagination (magazine) — Imagination was an American fantasy and science fiction magazine launched in October 1950 by Raymond Palmer s Clark Publishing Company. The magazine was sold almost immediately to Greenleaf Publishing Company, owned by William Hamling, who… …   Wikipedia

• Fire — (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English