Synonyms:
fire, flame, flaming
Meaning: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
Usage examples
Each held a flaming torch of sandal-wood.
A flaming lamp hung from the ceiling above.
She was racing up the steps, flaming with anger and shame.
His eye was caught by a flaming red-and-gold Christmas-carol book.
We parried and thrust with the flaming hoses in an equally desperate effort to prevent it.
The magician lived in a gloomy tower, and had an enchanted black dog that he fed with flaming coals.
Then they sat down, laughing, the color flaming in their cheeks and eyes sparkling with pleasurable excitement.
With these words she marched out of the room, her cheeks flaming, and Aunt Jane looked after her with admiring eyes.
Let's see how it feels to be blind.' Dick shut his eyes, and flaming commas and Catherine-wheels floated inside the lids.
You are about to place me in a position which cannot fail to wring from jealousy and covetousness their flaming torch of abuse.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Archimedes, License CC BY-SA 4.0