flame
noun /fleɪm/
/fleɪm/
Idioms 
enlarge image[countable, uncountable] a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire- the tiny yellow flame of a match
- The room was filled with smoke and flames.
- to douse/extinguish the flames
- in flames The building was in flames (= was burning).
- The plane burst into flame(s) (= suddenly began burning strongly).
- Everything went up in flames (= was destroyed by fire).
- Heat the olive oil over a moderate flame (= on a gas cooker/stove).
- The curtains were enveloped in a sheet of flame.
- (British English) Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.
- (North American English) an open flame
Extra Examples- The flames were growing higher and higher.
- Firefighters have been trying to control the flames.
- Flames leaped from the burning house.
- Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
- Orange flames were already licking around the foot of the stairs.
- Oxygen tanks fuelled the flames.
- The candle flame flickered and went out.
- The flames lit up the skyline.
- The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home.
- The plane crashed in a ball of flames.
- They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames.
- They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn.
- Winds fanned the flames.
- Max stared at the flickering flames of the bonfire.
- pork cooked over an open flame
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blazing
- burning
- crackling
- …
- be engulfed in
- go up in
- burst into
- …
- roar
- die down
- spread
- …
- in flames
- [uncountable] a bright red or orange colour
- a flame-red car
- [countable] (literary) a very strong feeling
- His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.
Extra Examples- She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
- They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.
- [countable] (informal) an angry or offensive message sent to somebody by email or on the internet, typically in quick response to another messageTopics Phones, email and the internetc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’.
Idioms
fan the flames (of something)
- to make a feeling such as anger, hate, etc. worse
- His writings fanned the flames of racism.