(botany) Any one of several trees or shrubs with yellow or bright red flowers, such as Rhododendron arboreum, Brachychiton acerifolium, or Delonix regia.

plural of flame war

(idiomatic) A previous girlfriend or boyfriend; a former romantic partner, especially one for whom one still has romantic feelings.

plural of old flame

(intransitive) To flare; to become inflamed. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become extremely angry.

A flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound; a chemical harmonicon.

(idiomatic) To intensify or worsen an already difficult situation.

(chemistry) The quantitative analysis of metals by passing a solution of their salts into a flame and measuring the intensity of specific spectral lines

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fan the flames

simple past tense and past participle of fan the flames