Flame Definition

flām

flamed, flames, flaming

noun

flames

The burning gas or vapor of a fire, seen as a flickering light of various colors; blaze.

Webster's New World

The condition of active, blazing combustion.

Burst into flame.

American Heritage

A tongue of light rising from a fire.

Webster's New World

The state of burning with a blaze of light.

To burst into flame.

Webster's New World

A thing like a flame in heat, brilliance, etc.

Webster's New World

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Antonyms:
hate
smolder

verb

flamed, flames, flaming

To burn with a blaze of light; burst into flame.

Webster's New World

To treat with flame.

Webster's New World

To light up with color as if blazing; grow red or hot.

A face flaming with anger.

Webster's New World

To burn or heat with flame.

Webster's New World

To show intense emotion; become very excited.

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adjective

Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

Wiktionary

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idiom

flame out

to experience a flameout

Webster's New World

go down in flames

to fail in a spectacular or dramatic fashion

Webster's New World

in flames

burning; on fire

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Other Word Forms of Flame

Noun

Singular:

flame

Plural:

flames

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flame

Origin of Flame

Middle English flaume, flaumbe, blend of Anglo-Norman flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; akin to Old English glēd (“ember”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Anglo-Norman flaumbe variant of Old French flambe from flamble from Latin flammula diminutive of flamma bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition