to fire sb's imagination
1fire someone's imagination — fire someone’s imagination phrase to make someone feel very interested in something and excited about it He fired the imagination of contemporaries and of later generations. Thesaurus: to make someone feel excited, enthusiastic or… …
2fire someone's imagination — to make someone feel very interested in something and excited about it He fired the imagination of contemporaries and of later generations …
3fire — [fīr] n. [ME fyr < OE, akin to Ger feuer < IE base * pewōr > Gr pyra, PYRE, Czech pýř, glowing embers] 1. the active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion 2. fuel burning in a furnace, fireplace, etc. 3 …
4imagination — n. 1) to excite, fire smb. s imagination 2) to use one s imagination 3) to defy, stagger, stir smb. s imagination 4) an active, lively, vivid; creative; feeble; wild imagination 5) a figment of smb. s imagination 6) the imagination to + inf.… …
5fire — I [[t]fa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM ♦♦ fires, firing, fired (Please look at category 18 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N UNCOUNT Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things… …
6fire — 1 noun 1 BURNING (U) the flames, light and heat produced when something burns: The warehouse was completely destroyed by fire. | be on fire (=be burning): The house is on fire! | catch fire/catch on fire (=start to burn): Mary knocked the candle… …
7imagination — i|ma|gi|na|tion W3S3 [ıˌmædʒıˈneıʃən] n 1.) [U and C] the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind ▪ You don t have to use your imagination when you re watching television. ▪ Children often have very vivid imaginations . ▪ There is a lack… …
8fire — fire1 [ faır ] noun *** ▸ 1 uncontrolled burning ▸ 2 controlled burning ▸ 3 shooting with gun ▸ 4 strong feeling ▸ 5 equipment for heating ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount flames and heat from something that is burning in an uncontrolled way:… …
9fire */*/*/ — I UK [ˈfaɪə(r)] / US [faɪr] noun Word forms fire : singular fire plural fires 1) [countable/uncountable] flames and heat from something that is burning in an uncontrolled way The school was badly damaged by fire. Three children died in a fire at… …
10Imagination (magazine) — Imagination was an American fantasy and science fiction magazine launched in October 1950 by Raymond Palmer s Clark Publishing Company. The magazine was sold almost immediately to Greenleaf Publishing Company, owned by William Hamling, who… …
