Definitions for FIRES
fires

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. firesnoun

   Plural form of fire.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fires

   Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced. The flame is the visible portion of the fire. Flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide, water vapor, oxygen and nitrogen. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity will be different.Fire in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning. Fire is an important process that affects ecological systems around the globe. The positive effects of fire include stimulating growth and maintaining various ecological systems. Its negative effects include hazard to life and property, atmospheric pollution, and water contamination. If fire removes protective vegetation, heavy rainfall may lead to an increase in soil erosion by water. Also, when vegetation is burned, the nitrogen it contains is released into the atmosphere, unlike elements such as potassium and phosphorus which remain in the ash and are quickly recycled into the soil. This loss of nitrogen caused by a fire produces a long-term reduction in the fertility of the soil, but this fecundity can potentially be recovered as molecular nitrogen in the atmosphere is "fixed" and converted to ammonia by natural phenomena such as lightning and by leguminous plants that are "nitrogen-fixing" such as clover, peas, and green beans. Fire is one of the four classical elements and has been used by humans in rituals, in agriculture for clearing land, for cooking, generating heat and light, for signaling, propulsion purposes, smelting, forging, incineration of waste, cremation, and as a weapon or mode of destruction.

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1. Fires

   Fires is the second album by London-born singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot. First released in April 2005 on her own independent record label, Idaho Records, Fires was met with much critical acclaim but did not gain commercial recognition. After working as a support act for artists such as Sheryl Crow and Suzanne Vega, Pallot was signed up to 14th Floor Records, who were impressed with the audience response and after-show sales of her album. Thus, Fires was reissued in late April 2006 with revamped artwork and some slight remixes on some of Pallot's songs. The album entered at UK #41 and later, on the strength of the popular single "Everybody's Gone to War", made it as far as #21. To date, the album has been certified gold in the UK for sales of over 100,000, and has earned Pallot a nomination at the 2007 BRIT Awards for Best British Female. As of 4 October 2009, the album has sold 138,563 copies in the UK.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fires

   The use of weapon systems to create specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FIRES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fires is ranked #99378 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fires surname appeared 182 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fires.
   
   85.1% or 155 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 10 total occurrences were Black.
   3.3% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.7% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for FIRES »

1. fries

2. serif

How to pronounce FIRES?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FIRES in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FIRES in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FIRES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of FIRES in a Sentence

1. Gavin Newsom:

   Were just working more collaboratively with the federal government on technology and procuring access to technology that we havent had access before, for fires primarily, leading edge technology thats the bottom line.

2. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   . . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky. . . has freed you from the fetters of your body, you cannot gain admission here. Men were created with the understanding that they were to look after that sphere called Earth, which you see in the middle of the temple. Minds have been given to them out of the eternal fires you call fixed stars and planets, those spherical solids which, quickened with divine minds, journey through their circuits and orbits with amazing speed....

3. Jeff Kaufmann:

   I hope it will look and sound like a campaign season, we’re firing up in 2015, and we hope to keep those fires burning.

4. Astronaut Scott Kelly:

   This past summer you could notice the drought in California clearly and the fires, today we had this incredible pass over the Himalayas, and to just see all that pollution that's just kind of riding up against those mountains from the south, it's kind of heartbreaking to see that.

5. Sam Higdon:

   We live in the country, everybody fires weapons out here.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/FIRES
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRES
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FIRES
4. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html