- flame
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 hot bright stream of fireADJECTIVE▪ hot▪ small▪ bright▪ dancing, flickering, leaping▪ naked (BrE), open (AmE)▪
pork cooked over an open flame
▪Never smoke near a naked flame.
▪ candle, gas▪ Olympic… OF FLAME▪ ball, sheet, tongue▪The plane crashed in a ball of flames.
▪Sheets of flame shot into the air.
VERB + FLAME▪ ignite, light, spark (often figurative)▪His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
▪ rekindle (often figurative)▪They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.
▪ blow out, extinguish, snuff, snuff out▪ feel (often figurative)▪She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
FLAME + VERB▪ burn, crackle▪The flame burned brightly.
▪ grow▪ die, go out▪The candle flame flickered and went out.
▪ leap, rise, shoot▪Flames leaped from the burning house.
▪Flames shot high into the air.
▪ lick (sth)▪Orange flames were already licking around the foot of the stairs.
▪ dance, flicker▪Flames danced in the gas lantern.
PHRASES▪ the crackle of flames2 flames fireADJECTIVE▪ blazing, burning, crackling, roaring▪ intenseVERB + FLAMES▪ be engulfed in▪ go up in▪All the historical records have gone up in flames (= have been destroyed by fire).
▪ burst into, erupt in, explode in, explode into▪The helicopter burst into flames.
▪ fuel (often figurative)▪Ethnic tensions helped fuel the flames of civil war.
▪Oxygen tanks helped fuel the flames.
▪ fan, feed, stoke▪Winds fanned the flames.
▪ fight▪He fought the flames for two hours.
▪ control▪Firefighters have been trying to control the flames.
▪ douse, extinguish, put out, quench, smother▪Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
▪ be beaten back by▪They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames.
FLAMES + VERB▪ roar▪ die down▪ spread, sweep through sth▪They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn.
▪ burst from sth, erupt from sth▪ consume sth, engulf sth▪The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home.
▪ light sth, light sth up▪The flames lit up the skyline.
PREPOSITION▪ in flames▪A large part of the building was in flames.
▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The aircraft was shot down in flames.
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Collocations dictionary. 2013.
