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

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

There were no fired cartridge casings on the ground. —Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 14 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