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# kindle

«kindle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to set something alight, or to start a fire** — 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

verb (kindle, kindles, kindled, kindling)

### meaning for a pupil

To kindle is to set something alight, or to start a fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kindle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, to light a fire with sticks; in old use also to stir up feelings

### examples

- I will kindle a fire while you gather sticks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kindle/#x1)
- He planted willow sticks around the wood-pile to kindle it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kindle/#x2)
- Do not let anyone kindle a fire from the maiden's flame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kindle/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said: 'Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.92/)
- [Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1049/)
- [And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and He departed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.479/)
- [And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.896/)
- [And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1158/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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