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| flame [ flaym ] |
noun (plural flames) |
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1. hot glowing body of burning gas: a hot glowing mass of burning gas, often carrying fine incandescent particles
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2. strong feeling: an intense feeling or emotion
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3. angry e-mail message: a rude, abusive, or threatening e-mail message or newsgroup posting
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4. reddish-orange colour: a brilliant reddish-orange colour
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5. lover: a sweetheart or lover
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informal
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  an old flame
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verb (3rd person present singular flames, present participle flaming, past and past participle flamed) |
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1. intransitive verb produce flame: to burn producing flame
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2. intransitive verb have fiery glow: to have or develop a fiery glow, especially suddenly
Her cheeks flamed as she spoke.
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3. intransitive verb feel strong emotion: to display or feel intense emotion
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4. transitive verb subject something to fire: to treat something with or subject something to flames
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5. transitive and intransitive verb send judgmental e-mail: to criticize somebody with offensive and disparaging e-mail
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6. transitive verb make something burn: to make something burn
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archaic
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman and French< Latin flamma 'flame'] |
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| flame adjective |
| flamer noun |
| flamy adjective |
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fan the flames to make a tense or difficult situation worse
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in flames burning strongly
The whole house was in flames.
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shoot somebody or something down in flames to reject or refute an idea or suggestion emphatically
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