FLAMING
| Pronunciation: | | 'fleyming
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| Matching Terms: | | Flamineous, flaming poppy, flaming(a), Flamingly, flamingo, flamingo flower, flamingo plant, Flaminian Way, Flaminical, Flaminius
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- [n] the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
- [adj] resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves"
- [adj] lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire"
- [adj] very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
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| | Synonyms: | | ablaze, ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), blazing, burning, colorful, colourful, fiery, fire, flame, hot, lighted, lit, on fire(p) |
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| | See Also: | | blaze, blazing, burning, combustion, flare | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Flam"ing\, a.
1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.
``In flaming yellow bright.'' --Prior.
3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly
earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.
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| | Definition: | | flame |
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