Catch Fire

Definition: Catch Fire

Catch Fire

Verb

1. Start to burn; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Catch Fire

Calefaction

Take fire, catch fire; blaze. (flame).

Crosswords: Catch Fire

Did you catch fire again? (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

When lovers hearts catch fire (When Smokey Sings; performing artist: ABC)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "catch fire": halt and Catch Fire ♦ To catch fire. Additional references.

Albanian

merr zjarr (fire, flame out, flame up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إشتعل (burn, flame, flame up, ignite, sparkle, strike). (various references)

Bulgarian 

запалвам се (enthuse, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, warm), подпалвам се (ignite), пламвам (burn up, fire, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flush, kindle, take, turn scarlet). (various references)

Chinese 

發火 (detonate, get angry, ignite), 失火 (fire). (various references)

Czech

chytnout (catch, snare), chytit (capture, catch, clutch, field, get, grasp, ignite, light, pick up, seize, take, take a fire, take fire), vznítit. (various references)

Danish

farlige i henhold til dette direktiv er følgende stoffer og præparater::meget brandfarlige:stoffer og præparater,der-ved normal temperatur og uden energitilførsel kan udvikle varme og derefter antændes ved luftens påvirkning-i fast form let kan an (evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities, in contact with water or damp air, or-liquid substances and preparations having a very low flash-point, or-solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or-substances and preparations which, the following are dangerous within the meaning of this Directive::highly flammable substances and preparations:-substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of). (various references)

Dutch

gevaarlijk in de zin van deze richtlijn zijn de volgende stoffen en preparaten::licht ontvlambare:-stoffen en preparaten die bij normale temperatuur aan de lucht blootgesteld,zonder toevoer van energie,in temperatuur kunnen stijgen en tenslotte kunnen o (evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities, in contact with water or damp air, or-liquid substances and preparations having a very low flash-point, or-solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or-substances and preparations which, the following are dangerous within the meaning of this Directive::highly flammable substances and preparations:-substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of). (various references)

Finnish

syttyä (be kindled, blaze up, break out, burst into flames, ignite, kindle, light, take fire). (various references)

French

se mettre en feu, s'allumer (catch), prendre feu. (various references)

German

zünden (burn, catch, catch light, detonate, fire, firing, flash on, ignite, kindle, kindle enthusiasm, let off, light, set alight, set off, strike, take fire, to ignite), sich entzünden (be fired, be inflamed, be kindled, be sparked off, become inflamed, ignite), feuer fangen (ignite, to catch fire), entflammen (arouse, be aroused, burst into flames, fire, flare up, ignite, inflame, rouse), anbrennen (catch light, get burnt, get scorched, light, start burning, stick to the pan). (various references)

Greek 

αρπάζω φωτιά. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תלקח (be inflamed, blaze up, fire, fire up, flame, flare up, ignite). (various references)

Hungarian

tüzet fog (to catch fire, to fire, to take fire). (various references)

Italian

prendere fuoco, incendiare (burn, fire, set fire to, set on fire). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

燃え付く　 (to catch fire, to ignite), 燃え付く (to catch fire, to ignite), 火が付く (to be ignited, to catch fire, to catch fire from, to provoke), 点く (comes on, to catch fire). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひがつく (to be ignited, to catch fire, to catch fire from, to provoke), つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit), もえつく (to catch fire, to ignite). (various references)

Pig Latin

atchcay irefay

Portuguese

pegar fogo (ignite). (various references)

Romanian

lua foc (catch, inflame, light, take fire). (various references)

Russian 

загораться (ignite, light). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zapaliti se, zahvatiti plamenom. (various references)

Spanish

prenderse (catch, go off, go on), incendiarse (ignite), encenderse (blaze up, blush, burn up, catch, come on, come up, flare, flare up, get excited, get red, go off, go on, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, strike). (various references)

Swedish

tända (fire, ignite, kindle, light, light up, spark, strike, turn on), ta eld (light, take), fatta eld (fire, ignite, inflame, kindle). (various references)

Turkish

tutuşmak (blaze, burn, catch, flame up, ignite, inflame, kindle, take), ateş almak (fire, go off, ignite, kindle), alev almak (burn, deflagrate, fire, flame). (various references)

Ukrainian

загорітися (outflame). (various references)

Misspellings

"Catch Fire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catchfire. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: catchier.

-2 letters: catcher, theriac.

-3 letters: acetic, achier, arctic, cachet, cahier, chafer, chicer, cither, cratch, cretic, farcie, father, fetich, fiacre, fracti, hafter, hectic, rachet, thrice, trefah.

-4 letters: afire, afrit, after, airth, aitch, areic, cache, cacti, caret, carte, catch, cater, cerci, ceria, ceric, chafe, chair, chare, chart, cheat, chert, chief, circa, citer, craft, crate, earth, erica.