Aflame

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aflame \A*flame"\ ([.a]*fl[=a]m"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flame.]
     In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. --G. Eliot.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aflame
       adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
              excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"-
              Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {ablaze},
               {aroused}, {turned on(p)}]
       2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
          (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
          aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
          on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
          burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
          fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)},
           {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}]