Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. On fire.
- adv. Intensely interested.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- On fire.
Wiktionary
- adj. on fire
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. On fire.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. lighted up by or as by fire or flame
Etymologies
- a- + fire (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She cast him a sultry look that set his blood afire.”
“The bush is afire, Moses discovered, and took off his shoes to dance.”
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“Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press BECKONING WARMTH: Pakistani children gathered to warm themselves at afire in a slum in Islamabad Friday.”
“A 26-year-old street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself afire in protest against corruption and harassment by police.”
“Now, hand me a glass of sweet tea Mr. Simpson and finish telling the story about how you "catched yourself afire" while welding stuff.”
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“Manchuria is afire with labor strife because of the restructiruings.”
Our Loss, China's Non-gain, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The night of our birth, a thunderstorm had cracked a tree in the courtyard of the new church, setting the building afire until it was no more than a charred sliver of steeple and smoking pews.”
“Just dont catch yerself afire or steam soak your blanket in the process!!”
“When the Japanese heard that the American troops had landed on the Philippines and were moving to Mendoro, the Japanese guards told 137 of the POWs to get into a ditch, then the guards poured gasoline on them, set them afire and tossed in grenades massacring almost all of the men.”
“Martin, you jis 'tawk like a house afire; but you ain't got de show I has.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘afire’.
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fire place
place to place 'fire' words
fire eater, field of fire, campfire, backfire, cannon fire, cease-fire, crown fire, center-fire, direct fire, fire pit, cookfire, fire tongs and 111 more...
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Fire when ready
Words and phrases containing fire.
fire ant, crossfire, fire and brimstone, spitfire, firepower, fireflower, firetower, firetrap, brushfire, fireworks, fire storm, fight fire with fire and 84 more...
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I am : bright
Verbs and adjectives (mostly adjectives) pertaining to physical light, brightness and/or clarity.
bright, brilliant, ablaze, afire, aflame, incandescent, fluorescent, phosphorescent, lucent, lambent, transparent, clear and 29 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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5000 FREE SAT Words
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 229 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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Because I like them: A -- B
abacinate, aberdevine, ablepsy, abuccinate, acarology, acipenserine, abactor, adamantine, addressin, aeoline, ahimsa, agelast and 151 more...
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words i love
mahogany, serenity, quell, requiem, parhelion, echo, surfacing, ethereal, melodic, vivid, sirenic, sprightly and 122 more...
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A list
clench, shudder, clamp, twisting, sharply, thrusting, crashing, pulsing, curling, thrumming, rippling, wrench and 94 more...
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lux
All things light-filled and radiant.
scintillate, radiate, elucidate, emanate, illuminate, sparkling, sparkle, glitter, glittering, glisten, shine, brighten and 97 more...
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Awesome words
fkhdvehdhdv
ouphe, hoiden, piddle, defenestrate, flic, desist, avast, cessation, extrapolate, temerity, effrontery, presumptuousness and 54 more...
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Dimélion's "Best of"
words i absolutely love!
affinity, bittersweet, deft, catharsis, rook, elysium, yggdrasil, virtue, indefinitely, slake, archaic, arcane and 81 more...
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