📖 Definitions of "Firing"
verb
- 1
To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- 2
To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
"If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack."
- 3
To drive away by setting a fire.
- 4
To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
noun
- 1
The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
"After the pots have been glazed, they go back into the kiln for a second firing."
- 2
The fuel for a fire.
- 3
The act of adding fuel to a fire.
- 4
The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
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