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Meaning of "fire ship" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FIRE SHIP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIRE SHIP

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Fire ship is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIRE SHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fire ship

Fire ship

A fire ship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, deliberately set on fire and steered into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy ships, or to create panic and make the enemy break formation. Ships used as fire ships were usually old and worn out or purpose-built inexpensive vessels. An explosion ship or hellburner was a variation on the fire ship, intended to cause damage by blowing up in proximity to enemy ships. Fireships were famously used to great effect by the English against the Spanish Armada during the Battle of Gravelines.

Definition of fire ship in the English dictionary

The definition of fire ship in the dictionary is a vessel loaded with explosives and used, esp formerly, as a bomb by igniting it and directing it to drift among an enemy's warships.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIRE SHIP

fire marshal
fire master
fire opal
fire power
fire practice
fire prevention
fire raiser
fire raising
fire regulations
fire retardant
fire risk
fire sale
fire screen
fire service
fire station
fire trail
fire truck
fire walking
fire watcher
fire watching

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIRE SHIP

abandon ship
capital ship
cargo ship
container ship
dress ship
free alongside ship
hospital ship
jump ship
leadership
liberty ship
mother ship
motor ship
passenger ship
pirate ship
rocket ship
sailing ship
slave ship
supply ship
tall ship
training ship
whaling ship

Synonyms and antonyms of fire ship in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fire ship» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIRE SHIP

Find out the translation of fire ship to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fire ship from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fire ship» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

消防船
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brulote
570 millions of speakers

English

fire ship
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आग जहाज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سفينة النار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

огонь корабль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brulote
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আগুন জাহাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brûlot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kapal api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feuerschiff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

消防船
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화재 선박
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geni kapal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàu chở đồ dẩn hỏa đốt tàu địch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீ கப்பல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अग्निशामक जहाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yangın gemisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nave di fuoco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

statek strażacki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вогонь корабель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

navă de foc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυρπολητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vuur skip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brand skepp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brann skip
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fire ship

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRE SHIP»

The term «fire ship» is normally little used and occupies the 140.861 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIRE SHIP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fire ship» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fire ship» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fire ship

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRE SHIP»

Discover the use of fire ship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fire ship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fire Ship
Rescued from a freak accident by an alien ship, Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Voyager tries to protect her newfound allies from a war only she can see is coming, but her wits and experience may not be enough. Original.
Diane Carey, 1998
2
Fire Ship
Fire Ship is a fast-moving historical novel for young people that brings the War of 1812 to life in a way that only Marianne Brandis can.
Marianne Brandis, 1992
3
The Fire Ship
When a supertanker is seized by terrorists and Richard Mariner’s father-in-law is kidnapped at sea, only Mariner can rescue them both.
Peter Tonkin, 2009
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Fire on board the Liberian passenger ship Ecstasy, Miami, ...
United States, National Transportation Safety Board. the No. 2 stern thruster was overheating, the engine room watch requested that the bridge discontinue using the stern thrusters to prevent damaging them. The Ecstasy was on a heading of ...
United States, National Transportation Safety Board
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The Games of War
First, this may only be attempted IF the fire ship has the windward (The wind is basically behind them and pushing the fire ship toward its intended victim.). Treat as attempting to cross the T (see above) with a +2 for the defender if under sail, ...
John Bobek
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Minutes of a Court Martial Holden on Board His Majesty's ...
... do you know of any particular fire-ship, or fire-ships, that were improperly conducted on the evening of the 11th of April? A. I cannot particularize those that were badly managed ; the ship that passed between us and the Island of Olevon, and ...
William Brodie Gurney, 1809
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Flying the Black Flag: A Brief History of Piracy
One pirate told Morgan that he knew how to construct a fire ship: he would disguise the fire ship as a man-of-war—caps on logs to look like the crew, hollow logs to look like cannon, the appropriate flags—and he and twelve men would destroy ...
Alfred S. Bradford, 2007
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Mr Jackson in Washington 2015: America Under Socialism
Cassio Let them shoot, you have not taken on the likes of a fire ship. The Turks have been trying to sink our fire ships for months. Ruth Your out numbered four to one. We will have boarded you before you know it. Cassio Bring them on, The ...
William Quayle, 2010
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Fire-ship, n s. [fire and Jbip.] A ship filled with combustible matter to fire the vessels of the enemy.— Our men bravely *|ui'ted themselves of \hefire Jbip, by cutting thcfpritlail tackle. Wiseman. (i.)Fire- ships are fitted with grappling irons to hook, ...
10
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
The proportion of combustible stores for a fire-ship of 150 tons, is as follows: — 8 Fire-barrels, filled with composition. 12 Iron chambers, to blow open the ports. 250 Bavins, single-dipped. 24 Port-fires. 3J Priming composition barrels.
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIRE SHIP»

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Knight has shining armoury ready for Goodwood festival
Knight could be represented by both Fire Ship and Secret Art in the £150,000 Betfred Mile, the feature handicap on Friday, July 31. «West Sussex Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Russia Developing Multipurpose Missile Launchers For New …
According to Technodynamika, a subsidiary of the state-owned corporation Rostec, the new multirole launchers will be able to fire ship-borne ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
3
Glorious Goodwood: Big guns still in Qatar Sussex Stakes
... Oracolo, Secret Art, What About Carlo, You're Fired; 33 Boomshackerlacker, Charlie Bear, Czech It Out, Dancetrack, Early Morning, Fire Ship, ... «Chichester Observer, Jul 15»
4
William Knight targets Glorious Goodwood
Knight is set to be well represented throughout the week, with Fire Ship and Secret Art potential runners in the £150,000 Betfred Mile, the ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
5
Racing results
NR: Baltic Knight, Fire Ship, Boomshackerlacker, You're Fired, Tournament. ½l, sh hd. S Bin Suroor. Tote: £4.10; £1.70, £6.40, £4.50. Exacta: ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
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Horse Power: Criteria has right attributes to win the bet365 …
Also at Sandown a chance is taken on William Knight's Fire Ship finally getting back in the winner's enclosure in the Coral Challenge (2.35pm) ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
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Winning time: 1m 37.50s
Both he and Gabrial were at the rear as Fire Ship and Elleval put the pace to the race, but while Gabrial appeared to be travelling slightly better, ... «Sportinglife.com, Jun 15»
8
Success Days impresses in Derrinstown Derby Trial win at …
Fire Ship was a close third after a gallant attempt to make all the running for jockey James Doyle and trainer William Knight. Stack's son and ... «RTE.ie, May 15»
9
Onenight Delight In Amethyst
Fire Ship was a close third after a gallant attempt to make all the running for jockey James Doyle and trainer William Knight. Stack's son and ... «Sportinglife.com, May 15»
10
Success Days rolls on with Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial triumph
Fire Ship was a close third after a gallant attempt to make all the running for jockey James Doyle and trainer William Knight. Stack's son and ... «Irish Times, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Fire ship [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fire-ship>. May 2024 ».
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