firing

n 1: 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}]

2: the act of discharging a gun [syn: {discharge}, {firing off}]

3: the act of starting a fire [syn: {ignition}, {lighting}, {kindling}]

4: the act of terminating someone's employment [syn: {dismissal},

{discharge}, {liberation}, {release}, {sack}, {sacking}]

farming

[Adelaide University, Australia] What the heads of a disk

drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the

magnetic media. Associated with a {head crash}. Typically

used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope

the hard drive hasn't gone {farming} again."

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