Meanings
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1
noun
The bright burning gas you see in a fire.
The candle's flame flickered in the breeze.
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2
verb
To burn brightly or seem to glow like fire.
The sky seemed to flame in the sunset.
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3
noun
A strong feeling such as passion, excitement, or anger.
His words fanned the flames of their anger.
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4
verb
To attack someone with angry, insulting messages online.
He got flamed for posting that comment.
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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.