Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause to begin to burn.

    anzünden, entzünden

    подже́чьpodžéčʹ, заже́чьzažéčʹ, запали́тьzapalítʹ

    підпа́люватиpidpáljuvaty, підпали́тиpidpalýty

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To arouse passionate feelings in.

    You set my heart on fire.

    entflammen

    разже́чьrazžéčʹ

More definitions
  • set fire to; cause to start burning

Examples

151 sentences

  1. The attackers set several buildings on fire.

    Зловмисники підпалили кілька будівель. — Ahha

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  2. Someone set fire to the house.

    ruКто-то поджёг дом. — Lenin_1917

    deJemand hat das Haus angezündet. — carlosalberto

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  3. He set his house on fire.

    ruОн поджёг свой дом. — Lenin_1917

    deEr steckte sein Haus in Brand. — Vortarulo

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  4. Tom set fire to his house.

    ruТом поджёг свой дом. — Wezel

    deTom steckte sein Haus in Brand. — wolfgangth

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  5. Tom set his house on fire.

    ruТом поджёг свой дом. — Wezel

    deTom steckte sein Haus in Brand. — wolfgangth

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cause to begin to burn:
Русский
By meaning 2
cause to begin to burn:
arouse passionate feelings in:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
cause to begin to burn:
arouse passionate feelings in:

Forms

sets on fire, setting on fire, set on fire, set on fire
Base formset on fire · to set on fire
3rd person singularsets on fire
Present participlesetting on fire
Past simpleset on fire
Past participleset on fire

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyset on fire
he, she, itsets on fire

Past simpleLesson

all personsset on fire

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave set on fire
he, she, ithas set on fire

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill set on fire

Synonyms

48 synonyms
fireB2lightB1torchB2inspireB1animateB2exhilarateC1sendA2thrillB2wakeB1set afireset alightset fire toaflamealight
Close in meaning
  • set fire to; cause to start burning:set ablazeset aflameset afire

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sessionB1setA1setbackB2setteeC1settingB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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