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Webster 1913 Edition


Flame

Flame

(flām)
,
Noun.
[OE.
flame
,
flaume
,
flaumbe
, OF.
flame
,
flambe
, F.
flamme
, fr. L.
flamma
, fr.
flamma
, fr.
flagrare
to burn. See
Flagrant
, and cf.
Flamneau
,
Flamingo
.]
1.
A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
2.
Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.
“In a flame of zeal severe.”
Milton.
Where
flames
refin’d in breasts seraphic glow.
Pope.
Smit with the love of sister arts we came,
And met congenial, mingling
flame
with
flame
.
Pope.
3.
Ardor of affection; the passion of love.
Coleridge.
Syn. – Blaze; brightness; ardor. See
Blaze
.
Flame bridge
,
a bridge wall. See
Bridge
,
Noun.
, 5.
Flame color
,
brilliant orange or yellow.
B. Jonson.
Flame engine
,
an early name for the gas engine.
Flame manometer
,
an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See
Manometer
.
Flame reaction
(Chem.)
,
a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf.
Spectrum analysis
, under
Spectrum
.
Flame tree
(Bot.)
,
a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the
Rhododendron arboreum
in India, and the
Brachychiton acerifolium
of Australia.

Flame

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flamed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaming
.]
[OE.
flamen
,
flaumben
, F.
flamber
, OF. also,
flamer
. See
Flame
,
Noun.
]
1.
To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.
The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it
flame
again.
Shakespeare
2.
To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
He
flamed
with indignation.
Macaulay.

Flame

,
Verb.
T.
To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
And
flamed
with zeal of vengeance inwardly.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flame

FLAME

,
Noun.
[L. flamma.]
1.
A blaze; burning vapor; vapor in combustion; or according to modern chimistry, hydrogen or any inflammable gas, in a state of combustion, and naturally ascending in a stream from burning bodies being specifically lighter than common air.
2.
Fire in general.
3.
Heat of passion; tumult; combustion; blaze; violent contention. One jealous, tattling mischief-maker will set a whole village in a flame.
4.
Ardor of temper or imagination; brightness of fancy; vigor of thought.
Great are their faults, and glorious is their flame.
5.
Ardor of inclination; warmth of affection.
Smit with the love of kindred arts we came,
And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.
6.
The passion of love; ardent love.
My heart's on flame.
7.
Rage; violence; as the flames of war.

FLAME

,
Verb.
T.
To inflame; to excite.

FLAME

, v.i.
1.
To blaze; to burn in vapor, or in a current; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion.
2.
To shine like burning gas.
In flaming yellow bright.
3.
To break out in violence of passion.

Definition 2024


Flame

Flame

See also: flame, Flamme, and flamé

German

Noun

Flame m (genitive Flamen, plural Flamen)

  1. Fleming (native or inhabitant of Flanders)

Declension

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flame

flame

See also: Flamme, Flame, and flamé

English

Noun

flame (plural flames)

  1. The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter III”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      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.
  2. A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)
  3. (Internet) Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger.
  4. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
    flame colour:    
  5. (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.
  6. Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
    • John Milton (1608-1674)
      in a flame of zeal severe
    • Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
      where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Coleridge to this entry?)

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Verb

flame (third-person singular simple present flames, present participle flaming, simple past and past participle flamed)

  1. To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
    • Shakespeare
      The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
  2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
    • Macaulay
      He flamed with indignation.
  3. (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
    I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.

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Adjective

flame (not comparable)

  1. Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

flame

  1. first-person singular present indicative of flamer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of flamer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of flamer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of flamer
  5. second-person singular imperative of flamer

Old French

Etymology

From Latin flamma.

Noun

flame f (oblique plural flames, nominative singular flame, nominative plural flames)

  1. flame

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