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# inflamed

adjective (inflamed, more inflamed); verb, past form of «inflame» (inflame, inflames, inflamed, inflaming)

«inflamed» 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. (body) Red, swollen, hot and sore, usually because of an injury or infection. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#m1)
2. (feelings) Made much angrier or more excited: an inflamed crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#m2)
3. (verb) Made a bad situation worse: his words inflamed the argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons, inflammation is the body's response to injury or germs — redness, heat, swelling and pain help healing. Doctors talk of inflamed tonsils, throats, joints or skin. In news and history, speeches can inflame anger. Phrases: inflamed skin, inflamed throat, inflamed tonsils, inflame tensions.

### Examples

- My throat was red and inflamed, so I stayed home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x1)
- The cut became inflamed, so we went to the doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x2)
- Her eyes were inflamed from hay fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x3)
- The rude comment inflamed the argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x4)
- The speech inflamed the angry crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x5)
- An inflamed appendix may need an operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x6)
- Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed, he examined it and found a large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x7)

### Note

Noun «inflammation»; adjective «inflammatory» (causing anger or swelling). Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire — the same as «flammable», not the opposite! Seek an adult or doctor if a wound gets more inflamed, hot or spreads red.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah God makes the letters by "inflaming" them with fire, meaning He kindled them into being.

**Interpretation.** Tradition links fire, water and air to the letters and the elements God formed the world from.

### Examples

- He rose up in spirit, He inflamed him in. seven suitable forms with twelve signs." Mayer gives : " Er zog sie mit Wasser, Zundet sie an mit Feuer; erregte sie mit (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inflamed/#x1)

### Note

Noun «inflammation»; adjective «inflammatory» (causing anger or swelling). Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire — the same as «flammable», not the opposite! Seek an adult or doctor if a wound gets more inflamed, hot or spreads red.

## On Mova

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