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fin • ger • tip / ' figgsrtip/ noun [ count ]

the end of your finger

fin .ish 1 ©/ 'fmijv verb ( fin ish • es , fin ish • ing , fin • ished )

1 to stop doing something

finish work at 5:30.

Hurry up and finish your dinner! Have you finished cleaning your room?

to stop happening

School finishes at three o'clock.

—ANTONYM begin , start

finish something off to do or eat the last part of something

He finished off the bread.

fin • ish2 / ' finif/ noun [ count ]

( plural fin • ish • es )

the last part or the end of something There was a dramatic finish to the race.

—ANTONYM start

fin • ished / ' finift / adjective

having reached the end of an activity or job

When you're finished with your homework, you can watch TV.

made; completed

Is this the finished product?

—ANTONYM unfinished

fi • nite aw Д / ' fainait / adjective

having a limit or a fixed size

Our world's natural resources are finite.

—ANTONYM infinite

fir / fsr / ( also fir tree / ' fsr tri / ) noun [ count ] a tall tree with thin, sharp leaves (called needles ), which do not fall off in winter

fire 1 ©/ 'faior/ noun

[ count, noncount ] the heat and bright light that comes from burning things

Many animals are afraid of fire.

There was a big fire at the factory last night.

[ count ] burning wood or another fuel (called coal ) that you use for keeping a place warm or for cooking

They lit a fire to keep warm.

[ noncount ] shooting from guns The soldiers were under fire .

catch fire

to start to burn

She dropped her cigarette and the chair caught fire. on fire

burning

My house is on fire!

put out a fire

to stop something from burning

We put out the fire with buckets of water.

set fire to something ; set something on fire

to make something start to burn Someone set the house on fire.

fire 2Ф/ 'faior / verb ( fires , fir ing , fired )

to shoot with a gun

The soldiers fired at the enemy.

to tell someone to leave their job

He was fired because he was always late for work.

fire a • larm / ' faIэr Э|larm / noun [ count ]

a bell that rings to tell people that there is a fire

fire • crack • er / ' faIэr|krrekэr / noun [ count ]

a small thing that explodes with a loud noise

We lit firecrackers in the backyard on the Fourth of July.

—Look at fireworks .

fire de •part • ment / ' farar dI|partmэnt /

noun [ count ]

a group of people whose job is to stop fires Call the fire department!

fire drill / ' farar dril / noun [ count ]

a practice of what people must do if there is a fire in a building

fire en • gine / 'farar ^nd^n /

( also fire truck / ' farar |trAk / ) noun [ count ] a vehicle that carries people and equipment to stop fires

fire es • cape / ' fa^r i|skeip / noun [ count ]

stairs on the outside of a building that people can go down if there is a fire

fire ex • tin • guish / ' farar Ik|StIggwIJэr /

noun [ count ]

a metal container with water or chemicals inside for stopping small fires

fire • fight • er / ' fa^rfa^r / noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to stop fires

fire • house / ' fararhaus / noun [ count ]

a building in a small town where fire engines are kept -►SYNONYM fire station

fire hy . drant

/ ' farar |haidrent / noun [count]

fire • man / ' faIэrmэn / noun [ count ] ( plural fire . men / ' faIэrmэn / ) a man whose job is to stop fires

a piece of metal equipment on the street that is connected to a water pipe for stopping fires

fire • place / ' fa^rpleis / noun [count]

the place in a room where you light a fire

fire • proof / ' fararpruf / adjective

able to take a lot of heat without burning or being damaged a fireproof door

fire sta • tion / ' fa^r |steijn / noun