Hypertext Webster Gateway: "afire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Afire \A*fire"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + fire.]
On fire.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
afire
adj : lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
(or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles
alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace";
"a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire";
"houses on fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)},
{aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming},
{on fire(p)}]
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