flame
Forms
- Plural
- flames
- present (v1)
- flame
- past (v2)
- flamed
- past participle (v3)
- flamed
- present participle
- flaming
- 3rd person singular
- flames
Definitions
1.The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
2.A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
- I could copy out yards of rhapsody to Lord George Poynings, her old flame, in which she addressed him by the most affectionate names.
3.A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
4.A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. flame:
1.To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
- I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.
- If he got flamed for his lies or his ignorance, he simply moved to another chat room.
- Because online communication makes it easy to flame, many of us impetuously fire off messages that we later regret.
2.To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
- The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
3.To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
1.Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3514
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”).