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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
On fire with visible flames.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Very bright and the color of flame.
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adj
Very showy, flamboyant.
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Usage: colloquial
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adj
Extremely obvious; visibly evident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Qualifier: typically of a gay man
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adj
Damned, bloody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, colloquial
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adj
Very enthusiastic or passionate.
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name
A surname.
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noun
An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Vitriolic criticism.
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Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of flame
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
very intense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fiery
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noun
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fire, flame
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Broader terms: combustion, burning
Narrower terms: blaze, blazing, flare, ignition
History
From the German surname for someone from Flanders, from Middle High German vlaeminc, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz. See Flanders, Fleming, and the variant Flemming.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
