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flam·ing

(flā′mĭng)
adj.
1. On fire; ablaze.
2. Resembling a flame in brilliance, color, or form: flaming autumn leaves.
3. Intense; ardent: flaming passions.
4. Informal Used as an intensive: a flaming liberal.

flam′ing·ly adv.
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flaming

(ˈfleɪmɪŋ)
adj
1. burning with or emitting flames
2. glowing brightly; brilliant
3. intense or ardent; vehement; passionate: a flaming temper.
4. informal (intensifier): you flaming idiot.
5. an obsolete word for flagrant
ˈflamingly adv
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flam•ing

(ˈfleɪ mɪŋ)

adj.
1. emitting flames.
2. like a flame in brilliance, heat, or shape.
3. ardent.
[1350–1400]
flam′ing•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:flaming - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke]flaming - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
blaze, blazing - a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly"
combustion, burning - a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
flare - a sudden burst of flame
ignition - the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
Adj. 1. [画像:flaming - informal intensifiers]flaming - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
2. flaming - very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
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flaming

adjective
1. burning, blazing, fiery, ignited, red, brilliant, raging, glowing, red-hot, ablaze, in flames, afire A group followed carrying flaming torches.
2. bright, brilliant, glowing, blazing, dazzling, vivid He stroked back the mass of flaming red hair from her face.
3. intense, angry, raging, impassioned, hot, aroused, vivid, frenzied, ardent, scintillating, vehement She had a flaming row with her lover.
4. damned, bloody (slang), bleeding (slang), blooming (informal), freaking (slang, chiefly U.S.), ruddy (informal), effing (slang) I was flaming mad about what had happened.
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flaming

adjective
1. On fire:
Idioms: in a blaze, in flames.
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Translations
مُشْتَعِل، مُحْمَر
plápolající
blussendeflammendeglødende
logandi
plápolajúci
alev alev yananparlak

flaming

[ˈfleɪmɪŋ] ADJ
1. [torch] → llameante ; [vehicle] → en llamas
2. [red, orange] → encendido
she had flaming red hairtenía el pelo de un rojo encendido
3. (Brit) (= furious) we had a flaming rowtuvimos una acalorada discusión
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flaming

[ˈfleɪmɪŋ]
adj
(= blazing) → ardent(e)
(= bright) [red, orange] → flamboyant(e)
He has flaming red hair → Il a les cheveux d'un roux flamboyant.
[row] → violent(e); [temper] → sale(e)
(mainly British) (= confounded) → satané(e) before n
adv (= confoundedly) → tellement
It's so flaming expensive → C'est tellement cher.
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flaming

adj
brennend, lodernd ; (fig) colourleuchtend ; ragehell ; passionglühend ; he has flaming red hairer hat feuerrotes Haar ; she was absolutely flaming (Brit inf: = angry) → sie kochte (vor Wut) (inf); to have a flaming row (with somebody)sich (mit jdm) streiten, dass die Fetzen fliegen (inf)
(Brit inf: = bloody) → verdammt (inf), → Scheiß- (inf); it’s a flaming nuisanceMensch, das ist vielleicht ein Mist (inf); it’s a flaming waste of timedas ist eine verdammte Zeitverschwendung (inf); it was there all the flaming timeMensch or Scheiße, das war die ganze Zeit da (inf); who does he flaming well think he is?verdammt noch mal, für wen hält der sich eigentlich? (inf)
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flaming

[ˈfleɪmɪŋ] adj
a. (red, orange) → acceso/a
b. (Brit) (fam) (furious) → furibondo/a, furioso/a
c. (Brit) (fam) (damn) → maledetto/a
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flame

(fleim) noun
the bright light of something burning. A small flame burned in the lamp. vlam لَهَب، شُعْلَه пламък chama plamen die Flamme flamme φλόγα llama leek شعله liekki flamme להבה लपट, भड़कीला रंग, तीव्रचेतन, प्रेमी plamen, svjetlo láng nyala eldtunga, logi fiamma 불꽃, 화염 liepsna liesma nyala vlam flamme płomień شعله (داور) لمبه، وكه، تپاك، تلوسه chama fla­cără пламя plameň plamen plamen flamma, låga เปลวไฟ alev 火焰 полум'я شعلہ ngọn lửa 火焰
verb
1. to burn with flames. His eyes flamed with anger. vlam; gevlam يَشْتَعِل غَضَبا пламтя flamejar planout leuchten flamme; blusse φλέγομαι, βγάζω φλόγες arder leegitsema شعله کشیدن liekehtiä jeter des flammes, flamber לִבעוֹר आग की ज्वाला plamsati, gorjeti ég menyala loga fiammeggiare 燃える 불꽃을 내며 타오르다 liepsnoti, degti liesmot; kvēlot bernyala-nyala vlammen flamme, brenne, blusse opp płonąć لمبى كول flamejar a se aprinde пылать blčať goreti plamteti flamma, lysa, glöda ลุกไหม้ alev alev yanmak 發火焰 палати شعلہ اگلنا đốt cháy; cháy bùng 发火焰
2. to become very hot, red etc. Her cheeks flamed with embarrassment. vlam يَحْمَرُّ горя incendiar-se rozpálit se, zrudnout flammen gløde φλογίζομαι, κοκκινίζω encenderse, llamear, brillar lõkendama سرخ شدن liehahtaa s'empourprer לִבעוֹר आग का रंग, क्रोधित होना žariti se, gorjeti (fel)lángol memerah eldroðna avvampare ぱっと赤らむ 뜨겁게 달아오르다 kaisti, liepsnoti nosarkt; pietvīkt naik merah gloeien bli varm/blussende rød płonąć سور (ګرم)، سوځند، اېشند ډېرتود incendiar-se a se învăpăia пылать očervenieť žareti buknuti blossa แดงขึ้นเพราะความโกรธ (ใบหน้า) alev gibi yanmak 變得通紅 полум'яніти, спалахнути بہت گرم یا سرخ ہو جانا đỏ mặt 变得通红
ˈflaming adjective
vlammende مُشْتَعِل، مُحْمَر пламтящ flamejante plápolající flammend flammende; blussende; glødende φλεγόμενος llameante lõõmav شعله ور liekehtivä flamboyant בוער आग सी žarki, koji plamsa lángoló berseri-seri logandi fiammeggiante 燃えている 불꽃을 내는 liepsnojantis, įkaitęs liesmojošs; kvēlojošs bernyala vlammend flammende, blussende, lidenskapelig prażący, płonący شعله (داور) لمبه flamejante aprins пылающий plápolajúci goreč u plamenu flammande ที่ยังลุกเป็นเพลิง parlak, alev alev yanan 火紅的 полум'яний, пекучий جلتا ہوا đang cháy; nồng cháy 火红的
flammable (ˈflӕməbl) adjective
able or likely to burn. flammable material. vlambaar قابِل للإلْتِهاب، سريع الأشْتِعال запалим inflamável hořlavý brennbar brandbar εύφλεκτος inflamable kergestisüttiv اشتعال پذیر tulenarka inflammable דליק ज्वलनशील zapaljiv gyúlékony mudah terbakar eldfimur infiammabile 燃えやすい 가연성의 degus viegli uzliesmojošs; ugunsnedrošs mudah terbakar brandbaar brennbar łatwopalny سوځول: سو ځېدل: اور ورته كول، لګول: ګلېدل: سول: تورول، پوپنا كول (داورپه واسطه): ورېتول inflamável inflamabil горючий horľavý vnetljiv zapaljiv brännbar, lättantändlig ซึ่งไวไฟ yanıcı, kolay tutuşur 易燃的 вогненебезпечний, легкозаймистий آتشگیر bén lửa; dễ cháy 易燃的
flame of the forest
a tropical tree with large bright-red flowers and long brown pods. vlamboom; flambojant شَجَرَة إسْتِوائِيَّه ذات زهور حَمْراء тропическо дърво árvore da tulipa tropický strom (Ixora coccinea) das Tropenwaldfeuer είδος τροπικού δέντρου ixora coccinea iksora درخت عنبر liekkipuu arbre tropical (Ixora coccinea) עֵץ טְרוֹפִּי एक पेड़ Pieris japonica (trópusi fa) pohon flamboyan frumskógartré (Ixora coccinea) (albero tropicale) べにばなさんたんか 숲속의 불꽃(열대 나무) karališkasis ugniamedis viegli uzliesmojošs; ugunsnedrošs pokok flamboyan flamboyant يوه له هغو دوو فرضي كرښو چي داستوا كرښې په شمال او جنوب كښې هغې ته نژدې او موازي پرته ده: ( جمع ) توده سيمه چې دچونګاښ او مرغومي دكرښو تر مينځ پرته ده огненное дерево tropický strom (Ixora coccinea) tropsko drevo (Ixora coccinea) šumski požar ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่ง alev ağacı 鳳凰木 лісове полум'я شوخ سرخ پھولوں والے درخت rừng nhiệt đới 凤凰木

see also inflammable.
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It had occurred towards midnight of the twelfth; and the spectroscope, to which he had at once resorted, indicated a mass of flaming gas, chiefly hydrogen, moving with an enormous velocity towards this earth.
And now abaft the flaming hatchway there were only we four surviving saloon passengers, the captain, his steward, the Zambesi negro, and the quarter-master at the wheel.
The idea was employed by Weihs and Small [34] who studied the interaction of fire plumes by modeling each fire as a vertical distribution of point sinks (in the flaming region) and point sources (in the upper "thermal plume" region).

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