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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To build or fuel (a fire).
  2. v. To set fire to; ignite.
  3. v. To cause to glow; light up: The sunset kindled the skies.
  4. v. To arouse (an emotion, for example): "No spark had yet kindled in him an intellectual passion” ( George Eliot).
  5. v. To catch fire; burst into flame.
  6. v. To become bright; glow.
  7. v. To become inflamed.
  8. v. To be stirred up; rise.
  9. n. A brood or litter, especially of kittens. See Synonyms at flock1.
  10. v. To give birth to young. Used especially of rabbits.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To give birth to; bring forth, as young.
  2. To bring forth young.
  3. n. Progeny; young.
  4. n. A brood or litter.
  5. To set fire to; set on fire; cause to burn; light: as, to kindle tinder or coal; to kindle a fire.
  6. To inflame, as the passions or feelings; rouse into activity; excite; fire: as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle love.
  7. To move by instigation; provoke; incite; entice.
  8. To light up; illuminate.
  9. Synonyms To ignite, set fire to.
  10. To awaken, stimulate, whet, foment, work up.
  11. To take fire; begin to burn.
  12. To begin to glow; light up; grow bright.
  13. To begin to be excited; grow warm or animated; be roused.
  14. To be with young: an English fanciers' term applied to rabbits.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete A collective term for a group of kittens.
  2. v. transitive To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
  3. v. transitive, figuratively To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To bring forth young.
  2. v. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light.
  3. v. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite.
  4. v. To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
  5. v. To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. catch fire
  2. v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  3. v. cause to start burning

Etymologies

  1. From Old Norse kynda (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English kindelen (influenced by kindelen, to give birth to, cause), probably from Old Norse kynda.Middle English kindelen, to give birth to, from kindel, offspring, from Old English gecynd; see kind2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (14)

Words with the same meaning

  1. stir up
  2. inflame
  1. arouse
  2. ignite
  1. enkindle
  2. excite
  1. provoke
  2. light
  1. rouse
  2. heat
  1. fire
  2. animate
  1. incite
  2. catch

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. flare-up

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. blue-yellow
  2. non-luminous
  3. frescos
  4. oxygen-enhanced
  1. ever-burning
  2. yellow-orange
  3. white-hot
  4. fun'ral
  1. heatless
  2. mushroom-shaped
  3. unconsuming
  4. oxidizing
  1. near-white
  2. black-and-orange
  3. blue-hot
  4. attunement
  1. violet-colored
  2. limitary
  3. fuel-rich
  4. gem-like
  1. blown-out
  2. empyreal

rhymes (12)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Tindal
  2. Tindall
  1. Tyndall
  2. bindle
  1. brindle
  2. dwindle
  1. grindle
  2. rekindle
  1. shindle
  2. spindle
  1. swindle
  2. windle

reverse dictionary (41)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. rekindle
  2. excite
  3. ignite
  4. inflame
  5. stimulate
  6. kindle
  7. fire
  8. flame
  1. enkindle
  2. inflammatory
  3. incense
  4. incentive
  5. light
  6. to light a fire
  7. igniter
  8. to set on fire
  1. miskindle
  2. spunk
  3. brauch
  4. emblaze
  5. enfire
  6. kindling-coal
  7. tinder
  8. accend
  1. tind
  2. lighter
  3. ignitor
  4. reflame
  5. relight
  6. teend
  7. tine
  8. touch-box
  1. anneal
  2. arouse
  3. beet
  4. blow
  5. fireball
  6. kindler
  7. provoke
  8. quick
  1. rouse

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  • goodkitten the reason kindle is on my list Fantastic Cats!, Open List is because a kindle is a litter of kittens Jun 17, 2012

  • reesetee You know, rolig, I've been wondering the same thing. For a long time now. Oct 1, 2009

  • rolig You've gotta wonder why Amazon decided on this idiotic name. When I link the word "kindle" with books, I think of Nazis and book-burning. Is the idea that our old-fashioned paper books can now be used as kindling? Marketing morons. Sep 29, 2009

  • Prolagus iPhone, App Store: I type "Kindle for iPhone" and among the search results, I find "Barnes and Noble eReader".
    How did they do it?, I wonder...
    And here's how. Below is part of the application description.

    "In short, we're not just a new chapter or a new stanza, we're a whole new story that's going to kindle a real revolution in reading." Sep 29, 2009

  • bilby
    Where the strong are not unseeing,
    And the harvests are not sere;
    Where, ere the seasons dwindle,
    They yield their due return;
    Where the lamps of knowledge kindle
    While the flames of youth still burn?
    - Edmund Clarence Stedman, 'Si Jeunesse Savait!'
    Sep 16, 2009

  • john An ereader produced by Amazon, of which I'm skeptical Nov 20, 2007

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