 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aflame
adjective
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)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aflame \A*flame"\ ([.a]*fl[=a]m"), adverb & a. [Pref. a- + flame.]
In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. --G. Eliot.
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