[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/flame/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / flame # flame noun (a flame, flames); verb (flame, flames, flamed, flaming) «flame» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A flame is the hot, bright, burning gas you see in a fire: the flame of a candle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#m1) 2. «In flames» means burning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#m2) 3. To flame is to burn brightly or turn bright red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#m3) ### In the lessons In science, a flame needs fuel, oxygen and heat (the fire triangle); the blue part of a gas flame is hottest. In safety, keep hair, sleeves and paper away from flames; never leave candles burning alone; if clothes catch fire, «stop, drop and roll». In stories, flames show danger or warmth. Phrases: «burst into flames», «go up in flames», «an old flame» (an old boyfriend or girlfriend). ### Examples - Blow out the flame of the candle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x1) - The house was in flames. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x2) - Keep your sleeves away from the flame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x3) - The flame flickered in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x4) - The car burst into flames. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x5) - If your clothes catch fire, stop, drop and roll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x6) - A blue flame is hotter than a yellow one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x7) - Never play with flames. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x8) - The flames were breaking out from below. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/#x9) ### Note Countable. Adjective: «flammable» or «inflammable» — BOTH mean it burns easily (a famous trap); «non-flammable» means it does not. «Flaming» can also be a mild rude word in British speech. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: God appeared to Moses in a flame of fire in the burning bush that was not consumed. Tradition reads this as a sign of God's presence, with the bush showing Israel's survival in suffering. In the primary lessons: In science, a flame needs fuel, oxygen and heat (the fire triangle); the blue part of a gas flame is hottest. In safety, keep hair, sleeves and paper away from flames; never leave candles burning alone; if clothes catch fire, «stop, drop and roll». In stories, flames show danger or warmth. Phrases: «burst into flames», «go up in flames», «an old flame» (an old boyfriend or girlfriend). ### Examples - For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it hath devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon. (Torah NUM.21.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flame/#x1) - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. (Torah EXO.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flame/#x2) - This word means " scintillating flame." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flame/#x3) - At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth. (Prophets 2SA.22.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flame/#x4) - The voice of the LORD heweth out flames of fire. (Writings PSA.29.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flame/#x5) - His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. (Writings JOB.41.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flame/#x6) ### Note Countable. Adjective: «flammable» or «inflammable» — BOTH mean it burns easily (a famous trap); «non-flammable» means it does not. «Flaming» can also be a mild rude word in British speech. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «flame» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flame/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«flame» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flame.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «flame» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flame/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«flame» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/flame.html) on Mova free.