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Definition of 'flaming'

See also: flame 

Noun

  1. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
       Synonyms: fire flame

Adjective

  1. resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves"
       Synonyms: ablaze
  2. lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire"
       Synonyms: ablaze afire aflame aflare alight blazing burning on fire
  3. (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
       Synonyms: bally blinking bloody blooming crashing
  4. very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
       Synonyms: fiery


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