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noun

Flame n.

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." "Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame."

3.

Ardor of affection; the passion of love.

4.

A person beloved; a sweetheart.

Synonyms: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze.

Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.

Flame color, 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.

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.

verb

Flame v. t. To kindle; to inflame; to excite. "And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly."

Flame v. i. (past & past part. flamed; pres. part. flaming)

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."

2.

To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor. "He flamed with indignation."

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Etymology of 'Flame'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flame" Quotes from Famous Books

... chance to resist. Yet, reckless as he was, he had still common sense enough to understand that, until he was fairly rid of one wife, he could not expect another to throw herself into his arms, and he awkwardly flitted about her, like a moth about a lantern, unable even to singe his wings in the flame. ...

— Esther • Henry Adams

... rose-bushes, of course; and also masses of shining ivy trained in the ancient Roman manner upon a cage of wicker-work fixed into the soil. As we watch the verdure-clad sunlit space there descends, delicately fluttering, one of those splendid pale yellow brimstone butterflies of the South with flame-coloured blushes on its wings, and after some moments of graceful hesitation, this new visitor settles upon the purple head of an iris bloom. With its vivid colouring and its quick movements the butterfly brings an atmosphere of ...

— The Naples Riviera • Herbert M. Vaughan

... sparks were seen flying from flint and steel, and after one or two unsuccessful efforts a piece of tinder was kindled. Then the girl's pretty little nose and lips were seen of a fiery red colour as she blew some dry grass and chips into a flame, and kindled a ...

— The Prairie Chief • R.M. Ballantyne

... front leg, and that of the other to the hind leg. One of the men would spur his horse over or through the line of fire, and the two would then ride forward, dragging the steer, bloody side downward, along the line of flame, men following on foot with slickers or wet horse-blankets to beat out any flickering blaze that was still left. It was exciting work, for the fire and the twitching and plucking of the ox carcass over the uneven ground maddened ...

— Roosevelt in the Bad Lands • Hermann Hagedorn

... had only to turn my steps towards the lurid panorama in the sky. As I came nearer, not only my sense of sight but my sense of hearing told me that Germany's great arsenal was throbbing with unwonted life. The crash and din of mighty steam hammers and giant anvils, the flame and flash of roaring blast furnaces, the rumbling of great railway trucks trundling raw and finished products in and out, chimneys of dizzy height belching forth monster coils of Cimmerian smoke, seem to transport one ...

— The Land of Deepening Shadow - Germany-at-War • D. Thomas Curtin

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