n. A blaze; vapor in combustion; hydrogen or any inflammable gas in a state of visible combustion.n. plural In heraldry, a conventional representation of fire, seldom borne as an independent bearing, but accompanying the phenix, the salamander, the fire-ball, and the like. When of any other tincture than gules, this must be mentioned in the blazon. Figurativelyn. Brilliant light; scintillating luster; flame-like color or appearance.n. Heat or ardor of emotion or passion; warmth of feeling; specifically, the passion of love; ardent love.n. Angry or hostile excitement; burning animosity; contentious rage or strife.n. An object of the passion of love: as, she was my first flame.n. The gleam appearing at night from a school of herrings.n. The geometrid moth, Anticlea rubidata: a collectors' name.To emit a flame; burst into flame; blaze.To shine like flame; glow with the brilliancy of flame; flash.To break out in violence of passion.To burn, as with a flame; singe; baste. See flamb, v.To inflame; hence, to excite.To cause to shine.In technical use, to subject to the action of fire or flame: scorch; singe.To hold in or pass through a flame, as an instrument, in order to sterilize it.