flames
plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
An inflected form of flame · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,876 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 46,049 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke also: fire, flaming fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
flames in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The lips I missed The flames have kissed Upon the Sandal pyre.
Last Poems · Laurence Hope · Chapter 1
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They preferred to fight in the dark, or by the flames of rich men’s abodes.
1900 · Ingersoll Lockwood · Chapter 1
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Unable to quench the flames, the crew began cutting the masts, intending to heave them overboard.
The Boy's Book of the Sea · Eric Wood · Chapter 1
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On, on, past the doomed house, now enveloped in flames, to the nearest hydrant, the driver lashed his pair.
The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery · William Augustine Leahy · Chapter 1
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Mephisto's only claim to the nether regions was the dancing flames of her smelting mills that danced on the night sky.
Circle of Confusion · George O. (George Oliver) Smith · Chapter 1