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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]flame (countable and uncountable, plural flames)
- The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth […].
- 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
- Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
- A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lover
- 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “Conclusion”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC:
- I could copy out yards of rhapsody to Lord George Poynings, her old flame, in which she addressed him by the most affectionate names.
- (Internet, somewhat dated) An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.
- A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. flame:
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 73:
- [M]arked by myriad clouds of every sunset-colour - flame, purple, pink, green, violet, and all the tints of gold.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
- The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.
- Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- in a flame of zeal severe
- 1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:
- where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Julia:
- Till charming Florio, born to conquer, came
And touch'd the fair one with an equal flame
- (obsolete, botany) A variety of carnation.
- 1718, Richard Bradley, “Part II. Chapter II: Of Perannual Flowers, the talleſt Blowers. Sect IX. Of the Carnation or July-Flower […] ”, in New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, Both Philoſophical and Practical […] , 2nd edition, London: W. Mears, page 82:
- The Gardeners divide it into Five Claſſes, which they diſtinguiſh by the Name of Picketees, Painted Ladies, Beazarts, Flakes, and Flames: […] the Flames have a red Ground always ſtrip’d with black or very dark Colours.
- 1812, Peter Forbes, “On going to see a nobleman’s gardener in the neighbourhood”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Edinburgh: R. Menzies, page 89:
- Sic flow’rs o’ sorts ane seldom sees, / Flecks, flames, bussards an’ picketees, / Wi’ strong carnations, like young trees, / To face the entry; […]
Derived terms
[edit]Terms derived from the noun flame
- add fuel to the flame
- aflame
- antiflame
- burst into flame
- candleflame
- cool flame
- counterflame
- dragonflame
- fan the flame
- flamage
- flameable
- flameage
- flame-arc lamp
- flame aura
- flameback
- flame bait, flamebait
- flame birch
- flame carbon
- flame cell
- flamecrest
- flamefest
- flameflower
- flameful
- flame graph
- flame gun
- flamekeeper
- flameless
- flamelet
- flamelight
- flamelike
- flamemail
- flame nettle
- flame of the forest
- flame-of-the-woods
- flame out
- flame-out, flameout
- flame photometry
- flameproof
- flame-retardant
- flame retardant
- flame spread
- flamestrike
- flame structure
- flame test
- flame thrower, flame-thrower, flamethrower
- flamethrowing
- flame tree
- flame up
- flame violet
- flame war, flamewar
- flamework
- flameworker
- flameworthy
- flammation
- flamy
- go down in flames
- go up in flames
- hearthflame
- inflame
- like a moth to a flame
- like a moth to flame
- like a moth to the flame
- midflame
- old flame
- Olympic flame
- outflame
- oxidizing flame
- postflame
- preflame
- reducing flame
- reflame
- singing flame
- Taiwan flamecrest
- twin flame
- upflame
Related terms
[edit]Terms related to the noun flame
Translations
[edit]visible part of fire
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romantic partner
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criticism
colour
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contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood
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Verb
[edit]flame (third-person singular simple present flames, present participle flaming, simple past and past participle flamed)
- To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
- To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 2, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- He flamed with indignation.
- (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
- I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.
- 1983 October 20, Joe Ziegler, net.motss[1] (Usenet):
- I wish you had the nerve to put your own name on that article, rather than logging into a public account to do it. I would have prefered[sic] to respond to you personally, rather than burden the net with my flaming, particularly since opinions like yours are best left ignored. But I feel I must respond to this one.
- 1989 June 29, Neil McAvoy [Wing Attack Plan R], rec.music.gdead[2] (Usenet):
- This was one of the highest points of the show for me. Playin' followed, with a nice jam afterwards. After that, Jerry wandered into Crazy Fingers. (I had been hoping for Terrapin...oh well. Crazy Fingers seems to highlight Jerry's ability to come in late and tentative on lyrics. I'm sure I'll get flamed, since lots of folks seem to worship CF.)
- 2001, w:Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- If he got flamed for his lies or his ignorance, he simply moved to another chat room.
- 2019, Steven McCornack, Kelly Morrison, Reflect & Relate, 5th edition:
- Because online communication makes it easy to flame, many of us impetuously fire off messages that we later regret.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to produce flames
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to post a critical or abusive message on the Internet
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Adjective
[edit]flame (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]colour
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See also
[edit]- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /flam/
- Homophones: flament, flames
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle French flame.
Noun
[edit]flame f (plural flames)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]flame
- inflection of flamer:
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]flame
- Alternative form of flawme
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]flame
- Alternative form of flawmen
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]flame oblique singular, f (oblique plural flames, nominative singular flame, nominative plural flames)
- flame
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la complainte d ou conte huede de nevers:
- Senz redouteir l'infernal flame
- Without fearing the infernal flame
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]flame f
- inflection of flamă:
Walloon
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]flame f (plural flames)
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