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100+ Rhyming Words For SET-AFIRE

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afire5
2 verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
adjective satellite

• lighted up by or as by fire or flame

admire6
2 verbv
verb

• feel admiration for

• look at with admiration

inspire7
2 verbv
verb

• heighten or intensify

• supply the inspiration for

• serve as the inciting cause of

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• fill with revolutionary ideas

• draw in (air)

retire6
2 verbv
verb

• go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

• withdraw from active participation

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

• break from a meeting or gathering

• make (someone) retire

• dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

• lose interest

• cause to be out on a fielding play

• cause to get out

• prepare for sleep

expire6
2 verbv
verb

• lose validity

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• expel air

fire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the event of something burning (often destructive)

• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking

• a severe trial

• intense adverse criticism

verb

• start firing a weapon

• cause to go off

• bake in a kiln so as to harden

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• go off or discharge

• drive out or away by or as if by fire

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• destroy by fire

• provide with fuel

• generate an electrical impulse

• become ignited

• start or maintain a fire in

backfire8
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

verb

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

crossfire9
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions

• fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross

hellfire8
2 nounn
noun

• a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned

perspire8
2 verbv
verb

• excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

wire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

• a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

• the finishing line on a racetrack

• a message transmitted by telegraph

verb

• provide with electrical circuits

• send cables, wires, or telegrams

• fasten with wire

• string on a wire

• equip for use with electricity

brushfire9
2 nounn
No meanings yet for this word...
aspire6
2 verbv
verb

• have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

dire4
1 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

• causing fear or dread or terror

mire4
1 verbv
noun

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

verb

• entrap

• cause to get stuck as if in a mire

• be unable to move further

• soil with mud, muck, or mire

shire5
1 nounn
noun

• a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

• British breed of large heavy draft horse

gunfire7
2 nounn
noun

• the act of shooting a gun

inquire7
2 verbv
verb

• address a question to and expect an answer from

• have a wish or desire to know something

• conduct an inquiry or investigation of

lyre4
1 nounn
noun

• a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

skier5
2 nounn
noun

• someone who skis

squire6
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• young nobleman attendant on a knight

• an English country landowner

• a man who attends or escorts a woman

verb

• attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

hire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a newly hired employee

• the act of hiring something or someone

verb

• engage or hire for work

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• engage for service under a term of contract

ire3
1 nounn
noun

• a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

• belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

spire5
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

rehire6
2 verbv
noun

• A former employee who has been hired again.

verb

• To hire again.

haywire7
2 adjectiveadj
noun

• wire for tying up bales of hay

adjective satellite

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• not functioning properly

quire5
1 nounn
noun

• a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets

require7
2 verbv
verb

• require as useful, just, or proper

• consider obligatory; request and expect

• make someone do something

• have need of

reacquire9
2 verbv
verb

• Acquire again

esquire7
2 nounn
noun

• (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

• a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name

empire6
2 nounn
noun

• an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

• the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

• a group of countries under a single authority

• a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

• a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

vampire7
2 nounn
noun

• (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

newswire8
2 nounn
noun

• A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public

sapphire8
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

• a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• a light shade of blue

adjective satellite

• of something having the color of a blue sapphire

satire6
2 nounn
noun

• witty language used to convey insults or scorn

• a genre of literature and performing arts, in which shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming others

spitfire8
2 nounn
noun

• a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)

lire4
1 verbv
noun

• the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents

• the basic unit of money in Turkey

• formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi

devonshire10
3 nounn
noun

• a county in southwestern England, named for the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe

barbwire8
2 nounn
noun

• strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage

pismire7
2 nounn
noun

• social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

shellfire9
2 nounn
noun

• shooting artillery shells

cheshire8
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
No meanings yet for this word...
grandsire9
2 nounn
noun

• Grandfather.

• Any male ancestor.

• Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.

• (equestrian) The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather

surefire8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Guaranteed to work

tripwire8
2 nounn
noun

• A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.

• Any means of detecting intruders.

verb

• To set a tripwire mechanism in (a location).

lancashire10
3 nounn
noun

• a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles

bemire6
2 verbv
verb

• make soiled, filthy, or dirty

counterfire11
3 verb, nounv, n
noun

• fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons

samphire8
2 nounn
noun

• fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass

venire6
3
noun

• (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

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