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flamed

/fleɪmd/

flamed is the simple past and past participle of flame.

Adjective

flamed (comparative more flamed, superlative most flamed)

  1. Cooked or seared over open flames.
  2. Having an undulating pattern of wood grain that resembles flames.

Meaning of flame

Verb

flame (third-person singular simple present flames, present participle flaming, simple past and past participle flamed)

  1. To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
    • 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]...
  2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
    • 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...
  3. (Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
    • I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.

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Forms of flamed

comparativemore flamed
superlativemost flamed

Words formed from flamed

Phrases with flamed

Words that rhyme with flamed

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about flamed

What does flamed mean?
Flamed means cooked or seared over open flames.
What is flamed the simple past and past participle of?
Flamed is the simple past and past participle of flame.
What part of speech is flamed?
Flamed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flamed?
Flamed is pronounced /fleɪmd/.

Words near flamed in the dictionary

  1. flameback
  2. flamebacks
  3. flamebait
  4. flamecrest
  5. flamecrests
  6. flamed
  7. flamed out
  8. flamed up
  9. flamefest
  10. flamefests
  11. flamefish

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