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{
"term": "flame",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/la/laboratory_equipment.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire",
"sensetop": "in flames",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the tiny yellow flame of a match"
},
{
"text": "The room was filled with smoke and flames."
},
{
"text": "to douse/extinguish the flames"
},
{
"text": "The building was in flames *(= was burning)*.",
"contextForm": "in flames"
},
{
"text": "The plane **burst into flame(s)** *(= suddenly began burning strongly)*."
},
{
"text": "Everything **went up in flames** *(= was destroyed by fire)*."
},
{
"text": "Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame *(= on a gas cooker/stove)*."
},
{
"text": "The curtains were enveloped in a sheet of flame."
},
{
"text": "Never smoke or use spray paint near a **naked flame**."
},
{
"text": "an **open flame**"
},
{
"text": "The flames were growing higher and higher."
},
{
"text": "Firefighters have been trying to control the flames."
},
{
"text": "Flames leaped from the burning house."
},
{
"text": "Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames."
},
{
"text": "Orange flames were already licking around the foot of the stairs."
},
{
"text": "Oxygen tanks fuelled the flames."
},
{
"text": "The candle flame flickered and went out."
},
{
"text": "The flames lit up the skyline."
},
{
"text": "The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home."
},
{
"text": "The plane crashed in a ball of flames."
},
{
"text": "They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames."
},
{
"text": "They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn."
},
{
"text": "Winds fanned the flames."
},
{
"text": "Max stared at the flickering flames of the bonfire."
},
{
"text": "pork cooked over an open flame"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["blazing", "burning", "crackling"],
"verb + flames": ["be engulfed in", "go up in", "burst into"],
"flames + verb": ["roar", "die down", "spread"],
"preposition": ["in flames"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a bright red or orange colour",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a flame-red car"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a very strong feeling",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football."
},
{
"text": "She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow."
},
{
"text": "They tried to rekindle the flames of romance."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "an angry or offensive message sent to somebody by email or on the internet, typically in quick response to another message",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make a feeling such as anger, hate, etc. worse",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His writings fanned the flames of racism."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fleɪm/",
"audio": "fl/flame/flame__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fleɪm/",
"audio": "fl/flame/flame__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’."
}