Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aflame"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aflame \A*flame"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flame.]
Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. --G. Eliot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aflame
adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"-
Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {ablaze},
{aroused}, {turned on(p)}]
2: 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)}]
3: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
"turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes";
"red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with
embarrassment" [syn: {aflame(p)}, {crimson}, {red}, {reddened},
{red-faced}, {flushed}]
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