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verb · irregular · transitive · common

fire up

fire up · fires up · fired up · firing up

запалити, запалювати

зажечь, разжечь, зажигать

starten, entzünden, anwerfen

To igniteTo ignite.

» I'm really fired up about this.

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Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To ignite.
Let's fire up the grill and have a barbecue.
entzünden, starten
(intransitive)Of an engine or similar, to start.
The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began.
starten, anwerfen
(informal, transitive)To launch; to run.
Fire up a text editor.
Fire up your computer.
starten
(transitive)To excite; to infuse with energy.
The band went out to fire up the crowd before the game.
arouse or excite feelings and passions
(dated, intransitive)To grow irritated or angry.

Translations

3 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

To ignite:

Of an engine: to start:

Forms

fires up, firing up, fired up, fired up

Base form	fire up · to fire up
3rd person singular	fires up
Present participle	firing up
Past simple	fired up
Past participle	fired up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	fire up
he, she, it	fires up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

fired up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have fired up
he, she, it	has fired up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will fire up

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

fireA1 firearmB2 fireball

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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