flame

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke (Freq. 15)
- fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
• Syn:
fire, flaming
• Derivationally related forms:
flame (for: flaming), fiery (for: fire), fire (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
combustion, burning
• Hyponyms:
blaze, blazing, flare, ignition

II - verb

1. shine with a sudden light
- The night sky flared with the massive bombardment
• Syn:
flare
• See Also:
flame up
• Derivationally related forms:
flare (for: flare)
• Hypernyms:
shine, beam
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Lights flame on the horizon
- The horizon is flameing with lights
2. be in flames or aflame
- The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset
• Derivationally related forms:
flaming
• Hypernyms:
burn, combust
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
- the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed
• Hypernyms:
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fire, flaming, flare