Flames Fleɪm Burning Plane Burst Began Gas Shot

• the tiny yellow flame of a match
• the flames were growing higher and higher.
• the building was in flames (= was burning).
• the plane burst into flame(s)(= suddenly began burning strongly).

flame

1. a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire
• the tiny yellow flame of a match
• The flames were growing higher and higher.
• The building was in flames (= was burning).
• The plane burst into flame(s)(= suddenly began burning strongly).
• Everything went up in flames (= was destroyed by fire).
• Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame (= on a gas cooker/stove).
• The curtains were enveloped in a sheet of flame.
2. a bright red or orange colour
• a flame-red car
3. a very strong feeling
• see also old flame
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/old-flame
• a flame of passion
4. an angry or insulting message sent to somebody by email or on the Internet
• See related entries: Email
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/email/flame_1
5. to make a feeling such as anger, hatred, etc. worse
• His writings fanned the flames of racism.

Extra Examples

• All the historical records have gone up in flames.
• Ethnic tensions helped fuel the flames of civil war.
• Firefighters have been trying to control the flames.
• Flames danced in the gas lantern.
• Flames leaped from the burning house.
• Flames shot high into the air.
• He fought the flames for two hours.
• His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
• Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
• Never smoke near a naked flame.
• Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
• Orange flames were already licking around the foot of the stairs.
• Oxygen tanks fuelled the flames.
• She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
• Sheets of flame shot into the air.
• The aircraft was shot down in flames.
• The candle flame flickered and went out.
• The flame burned brightly.
• The flames lit up the skyline.
• The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home.
• The helicopter burst into flames.
• The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.
• The plane crashed in a ball of flames.
• They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames.
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.
• They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn.
• Winds fanned the flames.
• pork cooked over an open flame

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’.