flame
verb/fleɪm/
/fleɪm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flame | /fleɪm/ /fleɪm/ |
| he / she / it flames | /fleɪmz/ /fleɪmz/ |
| past simple flamed | /fleɪmd/ /fleɪmd/ |
| past participle flamed | /fleɪmd/ /fleɪmd/ |
| -ing form flaming | /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adj.) (literary) to burn with a bright flame
- The logs flamed on the hearth.
- (figurative) Hope flamed in her.
- [intransitive, transitive] (+ adj.) | flame (something) (literary) (of a person’s face) to become red as a result of a strong emotion; to make something become red
- Her cheeks flamed with rage.
- [transitive] flame somebody (informal) to send somebody an angry or offensive message by email or on the internetTopics Phones, email and the internetc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’.
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