fire up

English

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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)

1. (transitive) To ignite.

   Synonyms: inflame, kindle; see also Thesaurus:kindle

   Let's fire up the grill and have a barbecue.

2. (intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start.

   Synonyms: fire, start up

   The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began.

3. (transitive, computing, informal) To launch; to run.

   Synonyms: activate, start up

   Fire up a text editor.

   Fire up your computer.

4. (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.

5. (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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