US /fleɪm/
verb noun Freq #4691

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The bright burning gas you see in a fire.

    The candle's flame flickered in the breeze.

  2. 2
    verb

    To burn brightly or seem to glow like fire.

    The sky seemed to flame in the sunset.

  3. 3
    noun

    A strong feeling such as passion, excitement, or anger.

    His words fanned the flames of their anger.

  4. 4
    verb

    To attack someone with angry, insulting messages online.

    He got flamed for posting that comment.

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Word family
Forms flamedflamelessflamelikeflames
Derived forms flamerflaming

Etymology

From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Old English līeġ.

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