{
    "term": "flame",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/la/laboratory_equipment.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire",
            "sensetop": "in flames",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the tiny yellow flame of a match"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was filled with smoke and flames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to douse/extinguish the flames"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building was in flames *(= was burning)*.",
                    "contextForm": "in flames"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane **burst into flame(s)** *(= suddenly began burning strongly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everything **went up in flames** *(= was destroyed by fire)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame *(= on a gas cooker/stove)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The curtains were enveloped in a sheet of flame."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Never smoke or use spray paint near a **naked flame**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **open flame**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flames were growing higher and higher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Firefighters have been trying to control the flames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Flames leaped from the burning house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Orange flames were already licking around the foot of the stairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Oxygen tanks fuelled the flames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The candle flame flickered and went out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flames lit up the skyline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane crashed in a ball of flames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Winds fanned the flames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Max stared at the flickering flames of the bonfire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "pork cooked over an open flame"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blazing", "burning", "crackling"],
                "verb + flames": ["be engulfed in", "go up in", "burst into"],
                "flames + verb": ["roar", "die down", "spread"],
                "preposition": ["in flames"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a bright red or orange colour",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a flame-red car"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a very strong feeling",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They tried to rekindle the flames of romance."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an angry or offensive message sent to somebody by email or on the internet, typically in quick response to another message",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a feeling such as anger, hate, etc. worse",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His writings fanned the flames of racism."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fleɪm/",
                "audio": "fl/flame/flame__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fleɪm/",
                "audio": "fl/flame/flame__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’."
}