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Definition of Flame
1. Noun. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke. "Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
Specialized synonyms: Blaze, Blazing, Flare, Ignition
Generic synonyms: Burning, Combustion
Derivative terms: Fiery, Fire, Fire, Fire
2. Verb. Shine with a sudden light. "The horizon is flameing with lights"; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
3. Verb. Be in flames or aflame. "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"
4. Verb. Criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium. "The person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"
Definition of Flame
1. n. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
2. v. i. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.
3. v. t. To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
Definition of Flame
1. Noun. The visible part of fire. ¹
2. Noun. A romantic partner or lover in usually short-lived but passionate affair. ¹
3. Noun. (Internet) Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger. ¹
4. Noun. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. (color panel E82D14) ¹
5. Noun. (music especially lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl. ¹
6. Verb. To produce flames. ¹
7. Verb. (Internet) To post a destructively critical or abusive message, especially to provoke dissent or controversy ¹
8. Adjective. Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flame
1. to burn brightly [v FLAMED, FLAMING, FLAMES]
Medical Definition of Flame
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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." "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.
4. A person beloved; a sweetheart.
Synonym: Blaze, brightness, ardor. See Blaze.
Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge. Flame colour, brilliant orange or yellow. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flame
Literary usage of Flame
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"From the shape of the flame so produced this burner received the name of the "
cockspur " burner, and it was the one used by Murdoch when in 1807 he fitted ..."
2. Spectroscopy by Edward Charles Cyril Baly (1905)
"flame Spectra.—The Bunsen flame itself is a convenient method for the ...
The method of introduction of the salt into the flame is familiar enough to any ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Instead of appearing throughout the whole flame, as did the previously known
lines, these new lines were only emitted in the vicinity of the inner blue ..."
4. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"Also, that the flame of the lamp would be apt to vary, as the spirit would flow
... Also, that the spirit flame produced by the lamp was but indistinctly ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"LECTURE II A CANDLE: BRIGHTNESS OF THE flame—AIR NECESSARY FOR COMBUSTION—PRODUCTION
OF WATER WE were occupied the last time we met in considering the ..."
6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"IN optical experiments requiring a constant monochromatic flame there is great
... The ordinary lamps, for instance, producing a sodium flame, are fed by ..."
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