Meaning of flame | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
   countable, uncountable
2. A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
   countable, uncountable
3. llama (camelid mammal)
4. To fail: "Only a handful of companies have flamed out in the two decades since the birth of the [biotech] industry" (Rhonda L. Rundle).
5. third-person singular present indicative
6. An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.
   Internet, countable, dated, uncountable
7. The hot, glowing mixture of burning gases and tiny particles that arises from combustion.
8. second-person singular imperative
9. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
   countable, uncountable
10. The visible signs of combustion:blaze, conflagration, fire, flare-up.
11. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. flame:
    countable, uncountable
12. To undergo combustion:blaze, burn, combust, flare.
13. The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
    countable, uncountable
14. the bright light of something burning. A small flame burned in the lamp. vlam لَهَب، شُعْلَه пламък chama plamen die Flamme flamme φλόγαllama leek شعله liekki flammeלהבה लपट, भड़कीला रंग, तीव्रचेतन, प्रेमी plamen, svjetlo láng nyala eldtunga, logi fiamma 炎 불꽃, 화염 liepsna liesma nyala vlamflammepłomień شعله (داور) لمبه، وكه، تپاك، تلوسه chama fla­cără пламя plameň plamen plamen flamma, låga เปลวไฟ alev 火焰 полум'я شعلہ ngọn lửa 火焰
15. Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
    countable, uncountable
16. vlammende مُشْتَعِل، مُحْمَر пламтящ flamejante plápolající flammend flammende; blussende; glødende φλεγόμενοςllameante lõõmav شعله ور liekehtivä flamboyantבוער आग सी žarki, koji plamsa lángoló berseri-seri logandi fiammeggiante 燃えている 불꽃을 내는 liepsnojantis, įkaitęs liesmojošs; kvēlojošs bernyala vlammendflammende, blussende, lidenskapelig prażący, płonący شعله (داور) لمبه flamejante aprins пылающий plápolajúci goreč u plamenu flammande ที่ยังลุกเป็นเพลิง parlak, alev alev yanan 火紅的 полум'яний,...
17. A variety of carnation.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
18. able or likely to burn. flammable material. vlambaar قابِل للإلْتِهاب، سريع الأشْتِعال запалим inflamável hořlavý brennbar brandbar εύφλεκτοςinflamable kergestisüttiv اشتعال پذیر tulenarka inflammableדליק ज्वलनशील zapaljiv gyúlékony mudah terbakar eldfimur infiammabile 燃えやすい 가연성의 degus viegli uzliesmojošs; ugunsnedrošs mudah terbakar brandbaarbrennbarłatwopalny سوځول: سو ځېدل: اور ورته كول، لګول: ګلېدل: سول: تورول، پوپنا كول (داورپه واسطه): ورېتول inflamável inflamabil горючий horľavý vnetlji...
19. a tropical tree with large bright-red flowers and long brown pods. vlamboom; flambojant شَجَرَة إسْتِوائِيَّه ذات زهور حَمْراء тропическо дърво árvore da tulipa tropický strom (Ixora coccinea) das Tropenwaldfeuer είδος τροπικού δέντρου ixora coccinea iksora درخت عنبر liekkipuu arbre tropical (Ixora coccinea) עֵץ טְרוֹפִּי एक पेड़ Pieris japonica (trópusi fa) pohon flamboyan frumskógartré (Ixora coccinea) (albero tropicale) べにばなさんたんか 숲속의 불꽃(열대 나무) karališkasis ugniamedis viegli uzliesmojošs; u...
20. The zone of burning gases and fine suspended matter associated with rapid combustion; a hot, glowing mass of burning gas or vapor.
21. The condition of active, blazing combustion: burst into flame.

Equivalents

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.”

“I could copy out yards of rhapsody to Lord George Poynings, her old flame, in which she addressed him by the most affectionate names.”

“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.”

“[M]arked by myriad clouds of every sunset-colour - flame, purple, pink, green, violet, and all the tints of gold.”

“The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.”

“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”

“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; […]”

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