fired

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of fire. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The company fired three workers last month.

   He fired the rifle into the air to scare the birds.

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2. 2
   adjective

   No longer having a job because an employer made you leave.

   Like a player taken off the team and told not to come back.

   The fired worker cleaned out his locker that afternoon.

   A fired manager rarely gets a good reference.

   Similardismissed, sacked, terminated, axed

   Oppositeemployed

3. 3
   adjective

   Made hard and solid by heating in a very hot oven or furnace.

   Like clay that turns as hard as stone after baking in a very hot oven.

   The fired pot rang with a clear note when tapped.

   Fired clay does not dissolve in water.

   Similarbaked

   Oppositeunfired, raw

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