SET AFIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does set afire mean? 

• SET AFIRE (verb)
  The verb SET AFIRE has 1 sense:

1. set fire to; cause to start burning

  Familiarity information: SET AFIRE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SET AFIRE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set fire to; cause to start burning

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

set ablaze; set afire; set aflame; set on fire

Context example:

Lightening set fire to the forest

Hypernyms (to "set afire" is one way to...):

burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)

"Set afire" entails doing...:

ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something