TO FLAME

Definition: FLAME

FLAME

Noun

1. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries".

Verb

1. Shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment.".

2. Be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset.".

3. Criticize harshly, on the e-mail.

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

Personal Care & Hotels

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

Crosswords: TO FLAME

Oil - From Fossil to Flame (1987)

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

Danish

flamme op, flamme (flame), flambere (bacterial flaming, flaming, singe). (various references)

Dutch

zengen (burn), schroeien (burn), oplaaien, flamberen (anneal, bacterial flaming, flaming, singe). (various references)

Finnish

roihuta (blaze, flame), liekittää (singe). (various references)

French

flamber. (various references)

German

flambieren (bacterial flaming, flaming, singe), 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 

καίγομαι (burn(to)), φλέγομαι (blaze, flame, flame up, flare, incandesce). (various references)

Hungarian

lobog (to blaze, to flaunt, to flutter, wave), fellángol (flame up, to burn up, to flame out, to flare up, to kindle), ég (burn, celestial sphere, clime, flame, heaven, sky, to be on fire, to burn). (various references)

Italian

sterilizzare alla fiamma (bacterial flaming, flaming, singe), flambare (anneal, singe), fiammeggiare (blaze, flame, glow, scintillate, singe), bruciare (blaze, burn, burn down, burn oneself, burn up, cauterization, rankle, scorch, sear, set fire to, sting), abbruciacchiare (singe). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

炎�'上�'て燃える (to flame up), 揚�'足�'取る (to find fault with someone, to flame someone), 挙�'足�'取る (to find fault with someone, to flame someone). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほのお�'あ�'てもえる (to flame up), あ�'あし�'とる (to find fault with someone, to flame someone). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ameflay

Portuguese

flamejar (flame, flare, flash, glow, glow with heat, lunt). (various references)

Spanish

flambear (singe), arder (blaze, burn, flame, inflame). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: foetal, folate.

-2 letters: aloft, amole, fetal, flame, fleam, float, flota, metal, motel.

-3 letters: alef, alme, aloe, alto, atom, fame, fate, feal, feat, felt, feta, flam, flat, flea, floe, foal, foam, lame, late, leaf, left, loaf, loam, loft, lota, male, malt, mate, meal, meat, melt, meta, moat, mola, mole, molt, mote, olea, tael, tale.

+1 letter: flameout, meatloaf.

+2 letters: flameouts, formulate.

+3 letters: fathomable, fathomless, formulated, formulates, malefactor, wolframite.

+4 letters: comfortable, filamentous, footlambert, formalities, formatively, malefaction, malefactors, myofilament, patelliform, reformulate, wolframites.

+5 letters: fathomlessly, flamethrower, footlamberts, malefactions, monofilament, myofilaments, olfactometer, preformulate, reformulated, reformulates, unfathomable, unformulated.