flame

CEFRB1

/fleɪm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The visible burning part of a fire.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.

Examples

  • The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.

  • The tiny yellow flame of a match

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.

  2. The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

  3. A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.

More examples

In context

  • Turn the flame down low.

  • I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.

  • The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Old English līeġ.