flame
flame
/fleɪm/
the tiny yellow flame of a match
The room was filled with smoke and flames.
to douse/extinguish the flames
in flames The building was in flames (= was burning).
The plane burst into flame(s) (= suddenly began burning strongly).
Everything went up in flames (= was destroyed by fire).
Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame (= on a gas cooker/stove).
The curtains were enveloped in a sheet of flame.
(British English) Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
(North American English) an open flame
Collocations
adjective
verb + flames
flames + verb
roar
die down
spread…
preposition
in flames
a flame-red car
3 countable (literary) a very strong feeling His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
4 countable (informal) an angry or offensive message sent to somebody by email or on the internet, typically in quick response to another message Idioms
flame
/fleɪm/
1 intransitive (+ adj.) (literary) to burn with a bright flame The logs flamed on the hearth.
(figurative) Hope flamed in her.
2 intransitive, transitive (+ adj.) | flame (something) (literary) (of a person’s face) to become red as a result of a strong emotion; to make something become red Her cheeks flamed with rage.
3 transitive flame somebody (informal) to send somebody an angry or offensive message by email or on the internet Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’.