FLAME UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flame up mean? 

• FLAME UP (verb)
  The verb FLAME UP has 2 senses:

1. burn brightly

2. become ignited

  Familiarity information: FLAME UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAME UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn brightly

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

blaze up; burn up; flame up; flare

Context example:

Every star seemed to flare with new intensity

Hypernyms (to "flame up" is one way to...):

burn; combust (undergo combustion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become ignited

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

fire; flame up

Context example:

The furnace wouldn't fire

Cause:

fire; ignite; light (start or maintain a fire in)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

As it began to flame up, the circle of eyes drew farther back.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Poor Jo tried desperately to be good, but her bosom enemy was always ready to flame up and defeat her, and it took years of patient effort to subdue it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Every little while, however, one dog or another would flame up in revolt and be promptly subdued.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It wasn't fair to tell a man to bring folks home any time, with perfect freedom, and when he took you at your word, to flame up and blame him, and leave him in the lurch, to be laughed at or pitied.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)