Flame Definition
flām
flamed, flames, flaming
noun
flames
The burning gas or vapor of a fire, seen as a flickering light of various colors; blaze.
Webster's New World
The condition of active, blazing combustion.
Burst into flame.
American Heritage
A tongue of light rising from a fire.
Webster's New World
The state of burning with a blaze of light.
To burst into flame.
Webster's New World
A thing like a flame in heat, brilliance, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- will-o'-the-wisp
- sweetheart
- luminescence
- love
- jack-o'-lantern
- ignis fatuus
- flambeau
- blaze
- fire
- flicker
- gleam
- glare
- flash
- glow
- flare
verb
flamed, flames, flaming
To burn with a blaze of light; burst into flame.
Webster's New World
To treat with flame.
Webster's New World
To light up with color as if blazing; grow red or hot.
A face flaming with anger.
Webster's New World
To burn or heat with flame.
Webster's New World
To show intense emotion; become very excited.
Webster's New World
adjective
idiom
flame out
- to experience a flameout
Webster's New World
go down in flames
- to fail in a spectacular or dramatic fashion
Webster's New World
in flames
- burning; on fire
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flame
Origin of Flame
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Middle English flaume, flaumbe, blend of Anglo-Norman flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; akin to Old English glēd (“ember”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Anglo-Norman flaumbe variant of Old French flambe from flamble from Latin flammula diminutive of flamma bhel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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