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English Dictionary: Flaming by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flaming
adj
  1. informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
    Synonym(s): bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)
  2. very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
    Synonym(s): fiery, flaming
n
  1. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
    Synonym(s): fire, flame, flaming
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flame \Flame\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Flaming}.] [OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also,
      flamer. See {Flame}, n.]
      1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from
            bodies in combustion; to blaze.
  
                     The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing
                     would make it flame again.                  --Shak.
  
      2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of
            passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
  
                     He flamed with indignation.               --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flaming \Flam"ing\, a.
      1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
  
      2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.
            [bd]In flaming yellow bright.[b8] --Prior.
  
      3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly
            earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   flaming
  
      {flame}
  
  
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