fired

adjective

ˈfī(-ə)rd 

1

: using a specified fuel

—usually used in combination

an oil-fired power plant

a wood-fired pizza oven

2

: having been processed by heating in a kiln

fired and handpainted stoneware

The body is more like cement than clay, but useful in achieving the surfaces I seek, and the fired clay is remarkably lightweight and strong.

—Ceramics Monthly

3

: dismissed from a job

You're fired!

They said Metro has failed to provide the fired employees and the union with a detailed explanation of the allegations.

—Fredrick Kunkle

Examples of fired in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This isn’t the first time this year LaFleur has reached out to a fired former colleague for assistance. —Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025

Marilyn Levine was an exceptional ceramicist who built detailed useful objects — shoes, garments and accessories (backpacks, handbags) — from useless slabs of fired clay. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024

At Cartier, his Power Rack with Landmine and Restraint, 2024, was both monumental and fragile, perhaps like American masculinity itself: a life-size Olympic weight rack made of fired clay. —Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024

That the manager rehired a fired employee because of a staff shortage is disappointing. —Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing fired

• all-fired

Kids Definition

fired

adjective

ˈfī(ə)rd 

: using a specified fuel

an oil-fired furnace