kindle
Kindle is defined as to start a fire, flame or light.
(verb)An example of kindle is to start up the fireplace.
The definition of a Kindle is an electronic book reader.
(noun)An example of Kindle is the device used by people to read ebooks which they have purchased online.
See kindle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb kindled, kindling
- to set on fire; ignite
- to light (a fire)
- to arouse or excite (interest, feelings, etc.)
- to cause to light up; make bright
Origin: ME kindlen, freq. < ON kynda, to set on fire, akin to MHG künten
intransitive verb
- to catch fire
- to become excited
- to become bright: eyes kindling with joy
Related Forms:
- kindler noun
See kindle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb kin·dled, kin·dling, kin·dles verb, transitive
- a. To build or fuel (a fire).b. To set fire to; ignite.
- To cause to glow; light up: The sunset kindled the skies.
- To arouse (an emotion, for example): “No spark had yet kindled in him an intellectual passion” (George Eliot).
- To catch fire; burst into flame.
- To become bright; glow.
- To become inflamed.
- To be stirred up; rise.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English kindelen (influenced by kindelen, to give birth to, cause)
Origin: , probably from Old Norse kynda
.Related Forms:
- kinˈdler noun
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English kindelen, to give birth to
Origin: , from kindel, offspring
Origin: , from Old English gecynd; see kind2
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