fiery

«fiery» in Mova's school dictionary: Burning or full of fire: «a fiery furnace» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (fiery, fierier, fieriest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Burning or full of fire: «a fiery furnace». tree →

2) Bright red or orange like fire: «a fiery sunset», «fiery red hair». tree →

3) Quick to get angry or very passionate: «a fiery temper», «a fiery speech». tree →

4) Very hot and spicy: «a fiery curry». tree →

sense in the lessons

In Bible lessons Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace and saved by God. In stories a fiery dragon breathes flames and a fiery character loses their temper fast. Phrases: «fiery furnace», «fiery temper», «fiery red», «fiery chilli».

examples

• The dragon gave a fiery roar. tree →
• Three young men were thrown into the fiery furnace. tree →
• The sky was fiery orange at sunset. tree →
• Our captain has a fiery temper. tree →
• This sauce is really fiery! tree →
• The leader gave a fiery speech. tree →
• "But how did you get across the fiery river?" tree →

note

Spelling trap: fiery (not «firey»), although it comes from «fire». Comparison: fierier, fieriest (rare). Similar: blazing, flaming, hot-tempered.

In the corpora

• The three friends were thrown into a fiery furnace but were not burnt.
• And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
• Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet.
• There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle.
• He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fiery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.