to shoot
→
to discharge, dismiss
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | fyre | |
| meaning 1 | to fire (of a weapon) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to discharge, dismiss | fyre ngn på gråt papir fire someone without warning |
| reference | Krymova et al. 2004: 218 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | fire | |
| meaning 1 | to fire (of a weapon) | he fired a shot at the retreating prisoners |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to discharge, dismiss | I had to fire men who've been with me for years; you're fired! |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | abfeuern | |
| lexeme 2 | feuern | |
| meaning 1 | to shoot | Eine pistole abfeuern to shoot a pistole |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to discharge, dismiss | Der Dogsborough hat mich gefeuert Dogsborough has dismessed me |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||