firing

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Noun

firing (plural firings)

1. The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
2. The fuel for a fire.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2

     No more dams I'll make for fish; / Nor fetch in firing / At requiring [...]

3. The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
4. The dismissal of someone from a job.

Translations

process of applying heat or fire

• Bulgarian: изпичане n (izpičane)

• Finnish: polttaminen, poltto (fi)

fuel

• Bulgarian: топливо (bg) n (toplivo)

• Swedish: bränsle (sv) n

discharge

• Bulgarian: стрелба (bg) f (strelba)
• Esperanto: pafado
• Finnish: ampuminen (fi), laukaisu (fi)

• Ido: pafado (io)
• Swedish: avfyrning n

dismissal

• Bulgarian: уволнение (bg) n (uvolnenie)
• Finnish: irtisanominen (fi), erottaminen (fi)

• French: renvoi (fr)
• Swedish: avsked (sv) n

Verb

firing

1. Present participle of fire.