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Daily life > Fire > Tend a fire

Preferred term

5.5.2Tend a fire  

Definition

  • Use this domain for words that refer to tending a fire--to keep a fire burning so that it burns well and does not go out.

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Scope note

  • What words refer to keeping a fire burning? tend a fire. What words refer to adding fuel to a fire? feed a fire, stoke a fire, throw another log on the fire. What words refer to blowing on a fire to make it bigger? fan a fire, fan into flames, blow on a fire, bellows, pump bellows. What words refer to making a fire bigger? build up a fire. What words refer to restarting a fire that has died down? rekindle. What words refer to keeping a fire from going out, such as covering a fire with ashes to keep it from going out during the night? bank a fire. What words refer to taking something out of a fire? pull out of the fire, snatch from the flames. What words refer to something taken out of a fire? firebrand. What words refer to a person who is responsible to make sure the fire does not go out? preserver of the fire. What words refer to sharing fire with a neighbor whose fire has gone out? (no words in English). What things are used to carry fire? fire pan, brazier. What tools are used to tend a fire? poker, tongs, wick trimmer, snuffer.

Notation

  • 5.5.2

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https://w3id.org/MoRe-SFB1475/CT/concepts/3890696231

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