fire up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

fire up (third-person singular simple present fires up, present participle firing up, simple past and past participle fired up)

(transitive) To ignite.
Synonyms: inflame, kindle; see also Thesaurus:kindle

Let's fire up the grill and have a barbecue.
(intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start.
Synonyms: fire, start up

The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began.
(transitive, computing, informal) To launch; to run.
Synonyms: activate, start up

Fire up a text editor.

Fire up your computer.
(transitive) To excite; to infuse with energy.
Synonyms: ginger up, spice up; see also Thesaurus:enliven

The band went out to fire up the crowd before the game.
(intransitive, dated) To grow irritated or angry.
Synonym: anger
- 1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Bunyan, John”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica‎^[1]:
  He […] fired up, and stood vigorously on his defence.

Descendants

⇒ Greek: φαερόπ (faeróp) (as adverb)

Translations

To ignite

German: entzünden (de), starten (de)
Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo), αναφλέγω (el) (anaflégo)
Romanian: aprinde (ro)
Spanish: prender (es)

Of an engine: to start

Czech: nastartovat
German: starten (de), anwerfen
Greek: εκκινώ (el) (ekkinó), ξεκινώ (el) (xekinó), ενεργοποιώ (el) (energopoió), ανάβω (el) (anávo)
Italian: accendere (it), avviare (it)
Romanian: porni (ro)
Spanish: arrancar (es), encender (es)

Computing: to launch

German: starten (de)
Greek: τρέχω (el) (trécho), εκτελώ (el) (ekteló)
Italian: lanciare (it)
Romanian: deschide (ro), porni (ro)
Spanish: arrancar (es), iniciar (es), bootear

To excite

Greek: πυροδοτώ (el) (pyrodotó), διεγείρω (el) (diegeíro)

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Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} התניע (hitnía)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} naštartovať
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} starta (sv)

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