fires
FYRZ/ˈfaɪ̯ɚz/UKFY-uhz/ˈfaɪ̯ə(ɹ)z/
- 1Plural of fire. Use this when you mean more than one fire.
The campers built two small fires to stay warm overnight.
Firefighters battled several fires across the dry hills all week.
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- 2Third-person singular present of fire. Use it with he, she, or it.
She fires the clay pots in a large kiln every weekend.
The hunter fires only when the target is clear.
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fires is a form of fire
fire, noun: Dangerous burning in a building or other place, often started by accident, that can destroy things and hurt people. Full entry
- Forms
- firefires plural
- Spelling
- fire → fires: add -s
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