FLAMING

fiery, flaming

(adjective) very intense; “a fiery temper”; “flaming passions”

blinking, bally(a), bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking

(adjective) informal intensifiers; “what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”; “a bloody fool”; “a crashing bore”; “you flaming idiot”

fire, flame, flaming

(noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; “fire was one of our ancestors’ first discoveries”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Flaming (plural Flamings)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Flaming is the 30339^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 771 individuals. Flaming is most common among White (93.64%) individuals.

Adjective

flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)

On fire with visible flames.

Very bright and the color of flame.

(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.

(British, colloquial) Damned, bloody.

Verb

flaming

present participle of flame

Noun

flaming (plural flamings)

An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.

Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.

(internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.

Source: Wiktionary

Flam"ing, a.

1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior.

3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

FLAME

Flame, n. Etym: [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau, Flamingo.]

1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe." Milton. Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. Pope. Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. Pope.

3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. Coleridge.

4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. Thackeray.

Syn.

– Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze. Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.

– Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. B. Jonson.

– Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.

– Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See Manometer.

– Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.

– Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

Flame, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaming.] Etym: [OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also, flamer. See Flame, n.]

1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze. The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. Shak.

2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor. He flamed with indignation. Macaulay.

Flame, v. t.

Definition: To kindle; to inflame; to excite. And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition