fired
dismissed, terminated from employment.
Adjective
- dismissed, terminated from employment.
- Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English -ed English fired From fire + -ed.
Derived
coalfired nonfired overfired over-fired underfired under-fired unfired woodfired you're fired
Verb
- simple past and past participle of fire
Related
all-fired coal-fired fired up gas-fired oil-fired shots fired stoker-fired wood-fired