[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fire \fire\, v. t. imp.  p. p. fired; p. pr.  vb. n.
   fring.
   1. to set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney;
      to fire a pile.
      1913 webster

   2. to subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln;
      as, to fire pottery.
      1913 webster

   3. to inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the
      soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
      1913 webster

            love had fired my mind.               --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the
      genius of a young man.
      1913 webster

   5. to feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
      1913 webster

   6. to light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
      1913 webster

            the sun fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. to cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge;
      as, to fire a rifle, pistol, or cannon; to fire cannon
      balls, rockets, etc.
      1913 webster

   8. to drive by fire. obs.
      1913 webster

            till my bad angel fire my good one out. --shak.
      1913 webster

   9. far. to cauterize.
      1913 webster

   10. to dismiss from employment, a post, or other job; to
       cause a person to cease being an employee; -- of a
       person. the act of firing is usually performed by that
       person's supervisor or employer. "you can't fire me i
       quit"
       pjc

   to fire up,

   1. to light up the fires of, as of an engine; also,
      figuratively, to start up any machine.

   2. to render enthusiastic; -- of people.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
fired fring to fire up 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fired
     adj : having lost your job syn: discharged, dismissed, laid-off,
            pink-slipped
see also:
discharged dismissed laid-off pink-slipped 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

62 moby thesaurus words for "fired":
   afire, agog, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, baked, boiled,
   braised, broiled, browned, bursting, carried away, coddled, cooked,
   curried, deviled, ebullient, effervescent, excited, exhilarated,
   fricasseed, fried, grilled, heated, high, hopped up, impassioned,
   inflamed, inspired, keyed up, lathered up, manic, moved, on fire,
   oven-baked, pan-broiled, parboiled, poached, ready to burst, roast,
   roasted, roused, sauteed, scalloped, seared, shirred, steamed,
   steamed up, stewed, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, thrilled,
   tingling, tingly, toasted, turned-on, whipped up, worked up,
   wrought up, yeasty

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