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# flame

«flame» in Mova's school dictionary: **the hot, bright, burning gas you see in a fire: the flame…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a flame, flames); verb (flame, flames, flamed, flaming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flame is the hot, bright, burning gas you see in a fire: the flame of a candle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#m1)

2) «In flames» means burning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#m2)

3) To flame is to burn brightly or turn bright red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a flame needs fuel, oxygen and heat (the fire triangle); the blue part of a gas flame is hottest. In safety, keep hair, sleeves and paper away from flames; never leave candles burning alone; if clothes catch fire, «stop, drop and roll». In stories, flames show danger or warmth. Phrases: «burst into flames», «go up in flames», «an old flame» (an old boyfriend or girlfriend).

### examples

- Blow out the flame of the candle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x1)
- The house was in flames. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x2)
- Keep your sleeves away from the flame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x3)
- The flame flickered in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x4)
- The car burst into flames. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x5)
- If your clothes catch fire, stop, drop and roll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x6)
- A blue flame is hotter than a yellow one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x7)
- Never play with flames. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x8)
- The flames were breaking out from below. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x9)

### note

Countable. Adjective: «flammable» or «inflammable» — BOTH mean it burns easily (a famous trap); «non-flammable» means it does not. «Flaming» can also be a mild rude word in British speech.

### In the corpora

- [In Shrek, a dragon as big as a castle breathes great flames, flies and guards a castle full of treasure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/0/)
- [A flame is glowing hot gas; its yellow light comes from tiny specks of hot soot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/16/)
- [Put a jar over the candle and the flame soon dies, because it cannot get fresh oxygen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/2/)
- [A grown-up can show the parts of a flame, but flames are never a toy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/4/)
- [Wood gives off gases that burn with flames; charcoal has already had its gases driven off, so it glows instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flame» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.