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kindle
Overview of verb kindle
The verb kindle has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. kindle, inflame -- (catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles")
2. kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame -- (cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds")
3. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")
Antonyms of verb kindle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kindle
3 senses of kindle
Sense 1
kindle, inflame
=> flare up
=> ignite, light
=> burn, combust
Sense 2
kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
=> ignite, light
=> burn, combust
Sense 3
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb kindle
2 of 3 senses of kindle
Sense 2
kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
=> rekindle
Sense 3
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> strike a chord, touch a chord
=> invite, ask for
=> draw
=> rekindle
=> infatuate
=> prick
=> inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> excite
=> anger
=> upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
=> shame
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
=> interest
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kindle
3 senses of kindle
Sense 1
kindle, inflame
=> flare up
Sense 2
kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
=> ignite, light
Sense 3
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
'Cause To' of verb kindle
Derived Forms of verb kindle
1 of 3 senses of kindle
Sense 1
kindle, inflame
RELATED TO>(noun) kindling#1
=> kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk
RELATED TO>(noun) kindling#2
=> ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation
Domain of verb kindle
Domain Terms of verb kindle
Familiarity of verb kindle
kindle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb kindle
3 senses of kindle
Sense 1
kindle, inflame
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb kindle
3 senses of kindle
Sense 1
kindle, inflame
> flare up
=> kindle, inflame
Sense 2
kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
> ignite, light
=> light up, fire up, light
=> reignite
=> kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
=> light up
=> flare up
Sense 3
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
> make, create
=> beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> regenerate
=> clear
=> distill, extract, distil
=> derive, educe
=> froth, spume, suds
=> lay down, establish, make
=> puncture
=> twine
=> cleave
=> track
=> institute, bring
=> short-circuit, short
=> re-create
=> grind
=> generate, bring forth
=> originate, initiate, start
=> give, yield
=> bring, work, play, wreak, make for
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> create, make
=> realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
=> cause, do, make
=> establish, give
=> put on, turn in
=> bear, turn out
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> construct, build, make
=> build, establish
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> style
=> strike
=> copy, re-create
=> create verbally
=> compose, write
=> choreograph
=> direct
=> film
=> film-make
=> recreate
=> offset
=> scrape
=> produce, bring forth
=> produce, bring about, give rise
=> press
=> prepare
=> cut
=> cut
=> raise
=> beat
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> incorporate
=> form, organize, organise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb kindle
Sense 1
kindle, inflame
=> flare up
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Sense 2
kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
=> ignite, light
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Sense 3
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
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Grep of verb kindle
enkindle
kindle
rekindle
Grep of adj kindle
kindled
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