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noun

Definition of flamesnext
plural of flame
as in darlings
a person with whom one is in love decided to look up an old flame while she was in town

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flame
1
as in burns
to be on fire especially brightly guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace

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2
as in erupts
to develop suddenly and violently my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up

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3
as in glows
to shine with a bright harsh light the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers

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4
as in gleams
to shoot forth bursts of light the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flames
  1. darlings
  2. erupts
  3. sweethearts
  4. explodes
  5. lovers
  6. sweets
Noun
  • Day Six of Paris Fashion Week featured the city’s fashion darlings in full glory.
    Stixx Mathews, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Extremophiles, or microbes that live in the most seemingly hostile environments, are the darlings of astrobiologists, who study the potential for life beyond Earth.
    quantamagazine.org, quantamagazine.org, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of darlings
Verb
  • Both Walz and Vance complied, thereby precluding a brawl that erupts when one boxer fights by Marquess of Queensbury Rules and the other one doesn’t – or if neither does.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • My review bike arrived in what appeared to be a glossy black finish (above), but once in sunlight, the paint erupts with a rainbow of metal flake glitter (below).
    William Roberson, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of erupts
Noun
  • The pair were teenage sweethearts and were married for over 50 years.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The two were teenage sweethearts and married for over 50 years.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of sweethearts
Verb
  • But even a small asteroid that explodes low enough in earth's atmosphere cause serious damage on a local level.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Chinese scientists thought of a scenario in which a nuclear weapon explodes in the stratosphere- miles above the ground.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of explodes
Noun
  • Think luxe portable hand creams that turn an ordinary day into a mini self-care moment or cute succulents for plant lovers who don’t exactly have the greenest thumbs.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Revival September 30, 2024 — Design lovers with furry friends will want to check out Revival’s new, washable pet mats.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • In her cookbook Cucina del Veneto, writer Ursula Ferrigno notes that sweets have an important place in the cuisine of the Veneto, the Northeastern region of Italy that lies between the Dolomites and the Adriatic Sea.
    Ursula Ferrigno, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And so that can include treats and desserts and sweets.
    Emily Nadal, Parents, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of sweets
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