Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flame
Participle: flamed
Gerund: flaming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flame |
| you | flame |
| he;she;it | flames |
| we | flame |
| you | flame |
| they | flame |
Perfect
| I | have flamed |
| you | have flamed |
| he;she;it | has flamed |
| we | have flamed |
| you | have flamed |
| they | have flamed |
Past
| I | flamed |
| you | flamed |
| he;she;it | flamed |
| we | flamed |
| you | flamed |
| they | flamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had flamed |
| you | had flamed |
| he;she;it | had flamed |
| we | had flamed |
| you | had flamed |
| they | had flamed |
Future
| I | will flame |
| you | will flame |
| he;she;it | will flame |
| we | will flame |
| you | will flame |
| they | will flame |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flamed |
| you | will have flamed |
| he;she;it | will have flamed |
| we | will have flamed |
| you | will have flamed |
| they | will have flamed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flame |
| you | flame |
| he;she;it | flame |
| we | flame |
| you | flame |
| they | flame |
Perfect
| I | have flamed |
| you | have flamed |
| he;she;it | have flamed |
| we | have flamed |
| you | have flamed |
| they | have flamed |
Imperfect
| I | flamed |
| you | flamed |
| he;she;it | flamed |
| we | flamed |
| you | flamed |
| they | flamed |
Pluperfect
| I | had flamed |
| you | had flamed |
| he;she;it | had flamed |
| we | had flamed |
| you | had flamed |
| they | had flamed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flame |
| you | would flame |
| he;she;it | would flame |
| we | would flame |
| you | would flame |
| they | would flame |
Perfect
| I | would have flamed |
| you | would have flamed |
| he;she;it | would have flamed |
| we | would have flamed |
| you | would have flamed |
| they | would have flamed |
Imperative
| you | flame |
| we | Let's flame |
| you | flame |
Verbs conjugated like 'flame'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flame'
blame,
fame,
flake,
flam,
flare,
fleme,
frame,
lame,
blade,
blake,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English flawmen, from Old French flamber, flammer. See: Middle English '
flawmen'.
Verbs referencing "flame"
French
flamer.
Sample Sentences
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The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. [c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
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He flamed with indignation. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter II, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
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I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.
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I wish you had the nerve to put your own name on that article, rather than logging into a public account to do it. I would have prefered^([sic]) to respond to you personally, rather than burden the net with my flaming, particularly since opinions like yours are best left ignored. But I feel I must respond to this one. [1983 October 20, Joe Ziegler, net.motss (Usenet):]
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This was one of the highest points of the show for me. Playin' followed, with a nice jam afterwards. After that, Jerry wandered into Crazy Fingers. (I had been hoping for Terrapin...oh well. Crazy Fingers seems to highlight Jerry's ability to come in late and tentative on lyrics. I'm sure I'll get flamed, since lots of folks seem to worship CF.) [1989 June 29, Neil McAvoy [Wing Attack Plan R], rec.music.gdead (Usenet):]
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If he got flamed for his lies or his ignorance, he simply moved to another chat room. [2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:]
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Because online communication makes it easy to flame, many of us impetuously fire off messages that we later regret. [2019, Steven McCornack, Kelly Morrison, Reflect & Relate, 5th edition:]