flame
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
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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”). Displaced native Old English līeġ.
Inflected forms:
form: flames
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flames
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flaming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flamed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flamed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth[…].
The flames will then be joined together next week at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Paralympics, and the united flame will make its final journey to London for the opening of the 14th Paralympic Games next Wednesday.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
gloss: A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I could copy out yards of rhapsody to Lord George Poynings, her old flame, in which she addressed him by the most affectionate names.
gloss: An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
countable
dated
uncountable
examples: Flames are, unfortunately, a fact of USENET life. It's a rare USENET regular who hasn't been shaken to the foundations with anger at something some jerk has posted.
gloss: A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [M]arked by myriad clouds of every sunset-colour - flame, purple, pink, green, violet, and all the tints of gold.
gloss: A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
flame:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.
gloss: Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: in a flame of zeal severe
where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow
Till charming Florio, born to conquer, came
And touch'd the fair one with an equal flame
gloss: A variety of carnation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The Gardeners divide it into Five Claſſes, which they diſtinguiſh by the Name of Picketees, Painted Ladies, Beazarts, Flakes, and Flames: […] the Flames have a red Ground always ſtrip’d with black or very dark Colours.
Sic flow’rs o’ sorts ane seldom sees, / Flecks, flames, bussards an’ picketees, / Wi’ strong carnations, like young trees, / To face the entry; […]
gloss: Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
pos: verb
examples: The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
gloss: To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
pos: verb
examples: He flamed with indignation.
gloss: To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
pos: verb
tags: Internet
ambitransitive
examples: I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.
I wish you had the nerve to put your own name on that article, rather than logging into a public account to do it. I would have prefered^([sic]) to respond to you personally, rather than burden the net with my flaming, particularly since opinions like yours are best left ignored. But I feel I must respond to this one.
This was one of the highest points of the show for me. Playin' followed, with a nice jam afterwards. After that, Jerry wandered into Crazy Fingers. (I had been hoping for Terrapin...oh well. Crazy Fingers seems to highlight Jerry's ability to come in late and tentative on lyrics. I'm sure I'll get flamed, since lots of folks seem to worship CF.)
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.
Related words: flambé
Derived words: flamer
flaming
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: огненочервен
roman: ognenočerven
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鮮紅色 /鲜红色
roman: xiānhóngsè
lang: Finnish
word: tulipunainen
lang: Japanese
word: 炎色
roman: enshoku
lang: Polish
word: ognista czerwień
lang: Swedish
word: brandgul
lang: Turkish
word: ateş kırmızısı