(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

present participle of fan the flames

(chemistry) The part of a flame that has an excess of fuel and is capable of reducing something that it is in contact with

(chemistry) The part of a flame that has an excess of oxygen and is capable of oxidizing something that it is in contact with

A flame which is the symbol of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.