flame

n.

1. Fire

   blaze, flare, spark, flash, glare, glow, gleam, flicker; see also fire 1.

2. Sweetheart

   boyfriend, girlfriend, heartthrob, beau; see lover 1.

flame generally refers to a single, shimmering, tonguelike emanation of burning gas the flame of a candle; blaze suggests a hot, intensely bright, relatively large and steady fire a roaring blaze in the hearth; flicker suggests an unsteady, fluttering flame, esp. one that is dying out the last flicker of his oil lamp; flare implies a sudden, bright, unsteady light shooting up into darkness the flare of a torch; glow suggests a steady, warm, subdued light without flame or blaze the glow of burning embers; glare implies a steady, unpleasantly bright light the glare of a bare light bulb

flame

v.