 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
afire
adjective: 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)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Afire \A*fire"\ ([.a]*f[imac]r"), adverb & a. [Pref. a- + fire.]
On fire.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "afire":
abandoned, ablaze, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent,
blazing, boiling over, breathless, burning, candent, candescent,
comburent, committed, conflagrant, cordial, dedicated, delirious,
devoted, devout, drunk, earnest, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant,
faithful, febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery,
fired, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flickering, flushed, fuming,
glowing, guttering, hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, ignescent,
ignited, impassioned, in a blaze, in a glow, in earnest, in flames,
incandescent, inflamed, inspired, intense, intent, intent on,
intoxicated, keen, kindled, live, lively, living, loyal, on fire,
passionate, perfervid, red-hot, reeking, resolute, scintillant,
scintillating, serious, sincere, smoking, smoldering, sparking,
spirited, steaming, steamy, unextinguished, unquenched,
unrestrained, vehement, vigorous, warm, white-hot, zealous
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