kindle

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verb

1. catch fire
- The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
• Syn:
inflame
• Derivationally related forms:
inflammation (for: inflame), kindling
• Hypernyms:
flare up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. cause to start burning
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
• Syn:
enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
• Derivationally related forms:
inflammation (for: inflame)
• Hypernyms:
ignite, light
• Hyponyms:
rekindle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
• Syn:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire,
raise, provoke
• Derivationally related forms:
provocative (for: provoke), provocation (for: provoke), evocative (for: evoke), evocation (for: evoke), elicitation (for: elicit), arousal (for: arouse)
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Hyponyms:
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, anger, upset, discompose, untune,
disconcert, discomfit, shame, hurt, wound, injure,
bruise, offend, spite, overwhelm, overpower, sweep over,
whelm, overcome, overtake, interest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke, conflagrate, inflame