On Fire

Definition: On Fire

On Fire

Adjective

1. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire".

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

Synonyms: On Fire

Bungler

Phrase: il n'a pas invente' la poudre; he will never set the Thames on fire; acierta errando; aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis.

Calefaction

Fire; set fire to, set on fire; kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light; apply the match to, apply the torch to; rekindle, relume; fan the flame, add fuel to the flame; poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire; make a bonfire of.

Excitation

Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.

Fool

One who will not set the Thames on fire; one who did not invent gunpowder, qui n'a pas invente' la poudre; no conjuror.

Heat

Fiery; incandescent, incalescent; candent, ebullient, glowing, smoking; live; on fire; dazzling. Verb: in flames, blazing, in a blaze; alight, afire, ablaze; unquenched, unextinguished; smoldering; in a heat, in a glow, in a fever, in a perspiration, in a sweat; sudorific; sweltering, sweltered; blood hot, blood warm; warm as a toast, warm as wool.

Impossibility

Attempt impossibilities; square the circle, wash a blackamoor white; skin a flint; make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, make bricks without straw; have nothing to go upon; weave a rope of sand, build castles in the air, prendre la lune avec les dents, extract sunbeams from cucumbers, set the Thames on fire, milk a he-goat into a sieve, catch a weasel asleep, rompre l'anguille au genou, be in two places at once.

Crosswords: On Fire

I am glad you are late. This chicken took longer than I expected Hope it isn't done too much Of course, it caught on fire once I think it is better that I cut it out here, unless you want half of one for yourself (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht)

I have never heard of such a Christmas: sex, and drugs, and, and, and, and women being set on fire. (The Ref; writing credit: Marie Weiss and Richard LaGravenese. Starring Denis Leary as Gus, Judy Davis as Caroline Chasseur and Kevin Spacey as Lloyd Chasseur.)

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

I just rose up from hell, with my hair on fire! (Ride Beyond Vengeance; writing credit: Al Dewlen; Andrew J. Fenady)

We got more gongs than the break-dancing robot that caught on fire. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Oh, 'Cause I never felt the desire 'til their music set me on fire (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel)

The world was on fire (Wicked Game; performing artist: Chris Isaak)

Available on the album Ice On Fire (Nikita; performing artist: Elton John)

You gonna set me on fire (Burning Love; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

When it's heart's on fire (Hold On; performing artist: En Vogue)

Non-smoking area: If we see you smoking, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action. (references; author: unknown)

Angel on Fire (1974)

Wheels on Fire (1973)

Set This Town on Fire (1973)

A Man on Fire (1967)

Man on Fire (1957)

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

Books

• The Wind Singer (The Wind on Fire, Book 1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire (reference)

• Dragon Ball - Ox King on Fire Mountain (Vol. 4)(Episodes 7 & 8) (reference)

• Skyhigh - A Summer on Fire (2003 Version) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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

Ferdinand Hassler directing movement of the Great Theodolite on Fire Island Angle measurements at the end points of the Fire Island Base Line Probably sketched by Assistant John Farley. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hydrographic signal-building party on Fire Island - 9 miles southwest Anchorage Latitude 61 09 N; Longitude 150 12 W. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Hot Shot Crew members briefed on fire situation. Credit: Unknown.

Air tanker drops load of retardant on fire, near Winnemucca Nevada, August 1999. Credit: Unknown.

Pilot evacuates his burning F6F-3 fighter after landing unaware that it was on fire, during the Gilberts Operation, 24 November 1943. Firefighters are rushing to the plane, and put out the flames in a minute and a half, with no casualties. The fire started as the "Hellcat" approached Cowpens for an emergency landing. The pilot was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Alfred W. Magee, Jr., USNR. The plane was Bureau # 66101. Credit: NAVY.

Crowd of people in the distance on their way to a lumber yard, where George and William Metcalf, Americans, were killed and the yard set on fire, during miners' strike, Cananea, Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Crowd around the hospital, which is also the American consulate, in Cananea, Mexico, where George and William Metcalf, Americans, were killed and the lumber yard set on fire during miners' strike. Credit: Library of Congress.

Comic book illustration showing the Joker standing over a Batman voodoo doll; in the background, a sledgehammer has smashed through a TV showing the World Trade Center towers on fire in New York City during the September 11th terrorist attack] / Pascual. Credit: Library of Congress.

Golf club on fire. Firetruck and hoses. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Fireman lecturing on fire boxes. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Several stars had already been set on fire by this monster, who, besides, had claws like a tiger

It was set on fire by mischievous boys, one Election night, if I do not mistake

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Civil Liberties

Saint Lucia

They killed a nun, doused the priest with gasoline and set him on fire, and wounded 12 other persons. (references)

India

In May a witness in the trial identified Dara Singh as the person who put straw under Staines's car and set it on fire. (references)

Antigua and Barbuda

In October the four structures were set on fire by unknown individuals, leading to police intervention and several arrests. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Vietnam's foreign business community is demanding greater fire protection, which has motivated the government of Vietnam to recently approve and issue the Law on Fire Protection and Extinguishment in June 2001. The Government of Vietnam has also demonstrated its commitment to fire protection by extending preferential treatment to imported fire protection equipment - with import tax treatment of zero percent. (references)

Human Rights

India

His legs allegedly had been set on fire and the skin peeled off by the soldiers. (references)

Brazil

The torturers forced him to play Russian roulette, beat him, and set him on fire. (references)

Minorities

Nigeria

In June there were unconfirmed reports that Muslim youths set four churches on fire in Dutse, Jigawa State. (references)

Pakistan

Local commentators believe the killing to be the work of Sipah-e-Mohammad, a Shi'a Muslim extremist group, and say it may have been ordered to avenge the killing of Agha Sultani, an Iranian Shi'a teacher who was killed in Karachi by unknown assailants on January 20. Following the killing of Inayatullah and three other clerics, a combination of police, paramilitary, and military forces were dispatched in an attempt to control a mob of Sunni Muslim students that reacted to the killing by setting several vehicles and businesses on fire. (references)

Women

Jordan

The boy repeatedly struck his sister in the head with a club before covering her body in kerosene and setting it on fire. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "on fire": be on fire ♦ he will never set the Thames on fire ♦ pour oil on fire ♦ set a house on fire ♦ set on fire ♦ set smth. on fire ♦ set the Thames on fire ♦ set the world on fire ♦ setting on fire ♦ the house is on fire ♦ To set on fire. Additional references.

Albanian

në zjarr (afire), i ndezur (ablaze, aglow, alight, bright, flamboyant, flame, glaring, glazy, hectic, high-colored, high-coloured, live, lively, noisy, vivid). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منفعل (agitated, bad tempered, deeply stirred, edgy, emotional, excited, influenced, irritable, nervous, on edge, palatal, passive, upset, wrought up), ‏مشتعل (ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, be alight, blazing, burner, burning, conflagrant, flaring, in flames), ‏على نحو مشتعل. (various references)

Basque

piztu (light to, set on fire to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

горящ (ablaze, afire, alight, burning, live), в пламъци (aflame). (various references)

Czech

zapálený (sore). (various references)

Danish

Undergruppe vedroerende Brandvaern (Subgroup on Fire Protection). (various references)

Dutch

Subgroep Brandbescherming (Subgroup on Fire Protection). (various references)

Finnish

on tulessa (is ablaze, is on fire), sytyttää talo tuleen (set a house on fire), sytyttää (fire, ignite, kindle set fire to, light, set on fire), palaa (be on fire, burn). (various references)

French

enflammé, en feu. (various references)

German

Untergruppe " Brandschutz " (Subgroup on Fire Protection), in Brand stecken (set smth. ablaze, to set on fire), in Brand setzen (to set on fire), flammen (be alight, be on, be on fire, blaze, flame, flames), brennen [idiomatisch] (to be on fire), brennen (bake, be alight, be on, be on fire, be sore, be sparked off, blaze, brand, burn, burned, burnt, catch, cauterization, distill, fire, firing, glow, glow with heat, hurt, kindle, prick, scorch, sear, sere, smart, sting, tingle, to be on fire, to burn). (various references)

Greek 

σε φωτιά, που φλέγεται. (various references)

Hebrew 

�"ולק (ablaze, alight), בוער (ablaze, burning, flaming). (various references)

Hungarian

zendülést szít (to set the heather on fire), viszályt szít (to blow the coal, to blow the fire, to set the heather on fire, to stir up strife), mint a karikacsapás (like one o'clock, to get on like a house on fire, to go with a roar), meggyújt vmit (to set light to sg, to set sg on fire, to set sg to fire), úgy megy (to get on like a house on fire, to go with a roar). (various references)

Indonesian

terbakar (ablaze, afire, aflame, burned down). (various references)

Italian

Sottogruppo " Sicurezza antincendio " (Subgroup on Fire Protection), infiammare (become inflamed, fire, heat, ignite, inflame, kindle, set on fire, take fire), incendiare (burn, catch fire, fire, set fire to, set on fire). (various references)

Manx

er-aile (ablaze, afire). (various references)

Occitan

alucar (light, set on fire). (various references)

Pig Latin

onay irefay.(various references)

Portuguese

abrasar (be on fire, burn, erode). (various references)

Romanian

turna gaz peste foc (pour oil on fire), fi agitat (be in a fever, be on fire, rave), da foc la ceva (set fire to smth., set smth. on fire), ca n-o fi el mai procopsit (he won't set the thames on fire), arde (bake, be on fire, bite, blister, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, calcine, cauterize, consume, cook, cremate, diddle, glare, glow, grill, heat, ignite, inflame, overdo, parch, roast, scald, scorch, sear, shrivel, smart, smoke, strike, tan, you are getting hot). (various references)

Russian 

кипящий (boiling, ebullient), горящий (alight). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zapaliti (get inflamed, ignite, kindle, light, set fire, set fire to, set on fire), u plamenu (ablaze, afire, aglow, fire: on fire). (various references)

Spanish

prender fuego a (set fire to, set on fire), incendiar (burn down, fire, ignite, set fire to, set on fire), estar en llamas (be on fire). (various references)

Swedish

upphetsad (aroused, excited, fevered, feverish, feverous, frantic, wrought up, wroughtup), brinnande (alight, ardent, burning, fervent, fervid, in, passionate, perfervid). (various references)

Turkish

yanmakta, yanıyor, tutuşmuş (afire, aflame, alight). (various references)

Ukrainian

підпалювати (set fire to, set on fire). (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: finer, infer, irone.

-2 letters: fern, fine, fino, fire, firn, foin, fore, froe, info, inro, iron, neif, noir, nori, reif, rein, rife.

-3 letters: eon, ern, fen, fer, fie, fin, fir, foe, fon, for, fro, ion, ire, nor, one, ore, ref, rei, rif, rin, roe.

-4 letters: ef, en, er, if, in, ne, no, oe, of, on.

+1 letter: bonfire, coinfer, conifer, fermion, foreign, inferno.

+2 letters: bonfires, coinfers, confider, confiner, conifers, ensiform, farinose, fermions, florigen, fluorine, forensic, foreskin, forewing, forgiven, fornices, frontier, infector, inferior, infernos, infolder, informed, informer, notifier, offering, pinafore, reinform, reniform, renotify, roofline.

+3 letters: boyfriend, coffering, confiders, configure, confiners, confirmed, confiteor, confiture, cornfield, cuneiform, deforcing, deforming, dentiform, enforcing, fashioner, felonries, firestone, firethorn, florigens, flouncier, flowering, fluorines, foddering, forbidden, forebrain, foredoing, foregoing, foreigner, forensics, foreskins, foresting, forewings, fornicate, fostering, foundries, frescoing, frontiers, frontline, goffering, ibuprofen, infectors, inferiors, infolders, informers, interflow, interfold, introfied, introfies, nefarious, notifiers, offerings, perfusion, personify, pinafored, pinafores, prenotify, raffinose, reconfirm, refashion, refection, reflation, reflexion, reflowing, refolding, reforging, reforming, reinforce, reinforms, reroofing, rooflines, uniformed, uniformer.