to flame
18
1.7
- verb
- /fleɪm/
- Her face had gone white, then flamed into a kind of hectic flush.
Examples
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The propped-up logs looked like a flaming teepee and threw off a good amount of heat.
Fiction book (1993) -
I kept dry branches ready to flame into a mighty beacon.
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Deep inside, I turned to ice while my face flamed hot with anger.
Fiction book (1992) -
So it was carried in, flaming, with a sprig of holly on top.
Fiction book (1990) -
For a few moments, she had tasted ecstasy, and her body had flamed with energy.
Fiction book (1992) -
The maples in the woodlot beyond the fields flamed in slanting sunlight.
Fiction book (1991) -
Some of them dashed and flamed in the dusk, like flowers glowing along the boughs.
Fiction book (1992) -
The campfire began to flame brightly as the sun set behind the trees.
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She watched the candles flame softly, casting a warm glow across the room.
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As the logs ignited, they flame with an intense light, illuminating the night sky.
Synonyms
829
1.0
To make something start to burn or shine
409
1.0
To send out or reflect light and look bright
201
2.5
Begin to shine or make something begin to shine, for example by burning
197
1.2
To shine with a steady soft light
137
1.0
To give a sudden short bright light
59
2.3
To produce light and heat from fire
38
3.0
To shine brightly and send light in a certain direction
27
3.4
To burn or shine with very bright light
20
4.2
To burn or shine with a sudden bright light
12
4.6
To light up suddenly with a strong flame or bright light
3
4.6
To suddenly start burning strongly or become much more intense
2
4.9
To start burning with a strong bright flame
1
9.9
To burn with a bright flame or glow
1
9.0
To glow with bright light because it is very hot
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
1
8.8
A desert plant with thick roots and narrow succulent leaves, each stem having one reddish-orange flower
- US
1
9.9
A plant from the US Southwest with fleshy roots and a single red-orange flower
- Specialized
1
9.9
A special cell that removes liquid waste from small soft animals like flatworms
A garden plant with long grasslike leaves and tall spikes of red or yellow drooping flowers
- Specialized
A table grape with purple-red skin, large juicy berries and a sweet taste
A tall garden plant with long grasslike leaves and red or yellow hanging flower spikes
A plant from the southwestern United States with narrow leaves and yellow-orange flowers
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flame comes from the old Latin word flamma, which meant 'flame' or 'fire'. So to flame (verb) can mean to burn or shine with bright heat, like the sky that 'flamed' at sunrise or sunset.