afire
pronunciation
How to pronounce afire in British English:
UK [ə'faɪə]
How to pronounce afire in American English:
US [əˈfaɪr]
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- Adjective:
- lighted up by or as by fire or flame
Word Origin
- afire (adj.)
- c. 1200, afure, from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + fire (n.). Figurative use by late 14c.
Example
- 1. Love is afire that burns through wind and rain .
- 2. Let me start afire cause the world is cold .
- 3. We saw a house afire .
- 4. The clinic was set afire .
- 5. The colon was ablaze , like a bone-dry bale of hay soaked in gasoline and then set afire .