flame

flame
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. blaze, fire; excitement, passion, zeal; slang, sweetheart. See heat, love.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Fire]
Syn. blaze, flare, spark, flash, glare, glow, gleam, flicker; see also fire 1 .
2. Sweetheart]
Syn. boyfriend, girlfriend, heartthrob, beau; see lover 1 .
Syn.- flame generally refers to a single, shimmering, tonguelike emanation of burning gas [ the flame of a candle ] ; blaze suggests a hot, intensely bright, relatively large and steady fire [ a roaring blaze in the hearth ] ; flicker suggests an unsteady, fluttering flame, esp. one that is dying out [ the last flicker of his oil lamp ] ; flare implies a sudden, bright, unsteady light shooting up into darkness [ the flare of a torch ] ; glow suggests a steady, warm, subdued light without flame or blaze [ the glow of burning embers ] ; glare implies a steady, unpleasantly bright light [ the glare of a bare light bulb ] v.
Syn. blaze, oxidize, flare up; see burn 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. fire flare, blaze, light, *tongue, flash. see fire
2. lover sweetheart, girlfriend, boyfriend.
II
v.
burn, blaze, flare up, kindle, flash, spark, flicker, glow, sparkle.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun The visible signs of combustion: blaze1, conflagration, fire, flare-up. See HOT. II verb To undergo combustion: blaze1, burn, combust, flare. See HOT.

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