Dream Dictionary

Fire

Depending on the context of your dream, to see fire in your dream can symbolizes destruction, passion, desire, illumination, transformation, enlightenment, or anger.

It may suggest that something old is passing and something new is entering your life. Your thoughts and views are changing.

In particular, if the fire is under control or contained in one area, it is a metaphor of your own internal fire and inner transformation.

It also represents your drive and motivation.

To dream of that you are being burned by fire, indicates that your temper is getting out of control. Some issue or situation is burning you up inside.

To dream of seeing your home burning, denotes a loving companion, obedient children, and loyal companions.

For a business man to dream that his store is burning, and he is looking on, foretells a great rush in business and profitable results. To dream that he is fighting fire and does not get burned, denotes that he will be much worked and worried as to the conduct of his business. To see the ruins of his store after a fire, forebodes ill luck. He will be almost ready to give up the effort of amassing a handsome fortune and a brilliant business record as useless, but some unforeseen good fortune will bear him up again.

To dream that you put out a fire, signifies that you will overcome your obstacles in your life through much work and effort.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
  • 2: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: fire, firing]
  • 3: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame, flaming]
  • 4: a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
  • 5: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
  • 6: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness]
  • 7: fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire"
  • 8: a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
  • 9: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast]
  • v. 1: start firing a weapon [syn: open fire, fire]
  • 2: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: fire, discharge]
  • 3: bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
  • 4: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]
  • 5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: fire, discharge, go off]
  • 6: drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
  • 7: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]
  • 8: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down]
  • 9: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel, fire]