verb
1. arouse or excite feelings and passions
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The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
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The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
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Wake old feelings of hatred
• Derivationally related forms: ↑heat (for: ↑heat), ↑inflammatory (for: ↑inflame), ↑inflammation (for: ↑inflame), ↑inflaming (for: ↑inflame)
• Hypernyms:
• Hyponyms: ↑ferment
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
2. begin to smoke
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After the meal, some of the diners lit up
• Entailment: ↑smoke
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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fire up
1. To start a fire
2. To fly into a passion
3. To excite or enthuse
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Main Entry: ↑fire
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ˌfire ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fire up he/she/it fires up present participle firing up past tense fired up past participle fired up] phrasal verb
to make someone feel very enthusiastic
She’s all fired up about this new course she’s taking.
Thesaurus: to make someone feel excited, enthusiastic or impressedsynonym
Main entry: fire
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fire up [phrasal verb]
We fired up the grill for the barbecue.
I fired up my computer and got down to work.
Before we start working let's fire up the coffeemaker.
The coach fired up the players with a pep talk.
— usually used as (be/get) fired up
We were fired up for the concert.
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Main Entry: ↑fire
Useful english dictionary. 2012.