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# inflame

verb (inflame, inflames, inflamed, inflaming)

«inflame» 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. To inflame feelings means to make people angrier or more excited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#m1)
2. (medicine) When a body part is inflamed, it becomes red, swollen, hot and painful, often from infection or injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#m2)
3. (old) To inflame can mean to set on fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and health, inflammation is the body's response to injury or germs: a cut that is red and swollen is inflamed. In news, a rude comment can inflame a situation and make an argument worse. In stories, a speech that inflames the crowd starts a riot. Phrases: inflame tensions, inflamed throat.

### Examples

- His rude words inflamed the argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#x1)
- The splinter made my finger inflamed and sore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#x2)
- Her throat was inflamed with tonsillitis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#x3)
- The news inflamed the angry crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#x4)
- Scratching the bite will only inflame it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#x5)
- The referee's decision inflamed the fans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: inflammation. Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire, the same as «flammable», not the opposite.

## In Jewish tradition

It means to heat up with passion, whether lust at idol worship or drunken desire for wine.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah condemns idol worship and drunkenness, warning that giving in to desire leads people away from God and justice.

### Examples

- Ye that inflame yourselves among the terebinths, under every leafy tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? (Prophets ISA.57.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inflame/#x1)
- Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them! (Prophets ISA.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inflame/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: inflammation. Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire, the same as «flammable», not the opposite.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inflame» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «inflame» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inflame/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inflame» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/inflame.html) on Mova free.