Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To flare; to become inflamed.

    become ignited

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To suddenly become extremely angry.

  3. (transitive)To light up; to light a joint, blunt, pipe, etc.; to smoke crack cocaine.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Her cheeks flamed up.

    ruЕе щеки покраснели.

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  2. She easily flames up.

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  3. The girl looked at him once more, and then she blushed as if a flame had gone up her cheeks.

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Forms

flames up, flaming up, flamed up, flamed up
Base formflame up · to flame up
3rd person singularflames up
Present participleflaming up
Past simpleflamed up
Past participleflamed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflame up
he, she, itflames up

Past simpleLesson

all personsflamed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flamed up
he, she, ithas flamed up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flame up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
flare up
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flamboyantflameB2flamencoflamethrowerflamingo
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