FLAME
Dictionary entry overview: What does flame mean?
• FLAME (noun)
The noun FLAME has 1 sense:
1. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
Familiarity information: FLAME used as a noun is very rare.
• FLAME (verb)
The verb FLAME has 3 senses:
1. shine with a sudden light
2. be in flames or aflame
3. criticize harshly, on the e-mail
Familiarity information: FLAME used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FLAME (noun)
Meaning:
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
flame; flaming; fire
Context example:
fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
Hypernyms ("flame" is a kind of...):
burning; combustion (a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flame"):
blaze; blazing (a strong flame that burns brightly)
flare (a sudden burst of flame)
ignition (the process of initiating combustion or catching fire)
• FLAME (verb)
Meaning:
Shine with a sudden light
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
flame; flare
Context example:
The night sky flared with the massive bombardment
Hypernyms (to "flame" is one way to...):
beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Lights flame on the horizon
The horizon is flameing with lights
Also:
flame up (burn brightly)
Meaning:
Be in flames or aflame
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset
Hypernyms (to "flame" is one way to...):
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Criticize harshly, on the e-mail
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "flame" is one way to...):
castigate; chasten; chastise; correct; objurgate (censure severely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
