Flaming
WordNet
adjective
(1) Resembling flame in brilliance or color
"Maple trees ablaze in autumn"
"Flaming autumn leaves"
(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"
(3) Very intense
"A fiery temper"
"Flaming passions"
noun
(4) The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
"Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- On fire with visible flames.
- The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
- extremely, visibly or overly-visibly
- To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
- Damned, bloody.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!