Meaning of "fire"

fire •

n.
• • 1. the evolution of heat and light: apoy
  • 2. a destructive burning as of a building: sunog
  • 3. to build a fire: magparikit, magparikit ng apoy
  • 4. to catch fire: masunog, masilab, magliyab
  • 5. to set on fire: sunugin, silaban, susuhan

v.
• • 1. to dismiss or be dismissed from a job (coll.): magalis (alisin) sa trabaho, masisante, isisante, magtiwalag
  • 2. to play with fire: maglaro ng apoy
  • 3. to be on fire means (a) burning: nasusunog, nasisilab,

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shoot

v.
• • 1. to hit with a bullet: bumaril, makabaril, mabaril, barilin
  • 2. to fire a gun: magpaputok, paputukin, paputukan
  • 3. to take a picture with a camera, photograph: kumuha (kunan) ng larawan

n.
• • the new part growing out, young branch: tubo, sibol, talbos, supling, usbong

burn

v.
• • 1. to be on fire: masunog, masilab
  • 2. to set on fire: sumunog, manunog, sunugin, sumilab, silaban
  • 3. to burn fiercely, to be blazing: magliyab, papagliyabin
  • 4. to injure or be injured by burning: mapaso, pasuin
  • 5. to burn with fever: magapoy sa lagnat, apuyin ng lagnat
  • 6. to be completely burnt: matupok, maging abo
  • 7. to burn with emotion: mag-alab, pag-alabin
  • 8. to burn incense: magsuob, suubin
  • 9. to burn out as a light bulb: mapundi

n.
• • a burn, injury caused by fire or heat: paso, sunog

bonfire

n.
• • 1. a fire built outdoors: siga
  • 2. to make a bonfire: magsiga, sigaan

kindle

v.
• • 1. to catch fire: magningas
  • 2. to set on fire: magsindi, sindihan, magpaningas, paningasan
  • 3. to become stirred up or aroused: mag-alab, magsiklab

liyab

v.
• • magliyab, lumiyab (mag-, -um-) to blaze. Lumiyab ang kusina. The kitchen was ablaze with fire. Nagliyab ang panggatong. The firewood was ablaze.

sisante

Sp adj.
• • dismissed from office

v.
• • masisante (ma-) to be fired, to lose one's job magsisante, sisantehin (mag-:-in)

v.
• • to fire (someone), to dismiss from the office. Magtrabaho kang mabuti para huwag kang sisantehin. Work hardso you won't get fired.

sunog

n.
• • a fire sunugin (-in)

v.
• • to set on fire, to burn. Sinunog ng mga manggagawa ang tubuhan. The workers burned the sugarcane field.

silab

n.
• • blaze of burning garbage, fire, conflagration silaban (-an)

v.
• • Silaban mo ang basura. Burn the garbage.

apoy

n.
• • fire

adj.
• • maapoy (ma-) fiery, flaming