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1. afire
adjective. ['əˈfaɪr'] lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
Antonyms
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- fire (English)
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Afire
- barbed-wire
- reacquire
- require
- perspire
- mcquire
- mcgwire
- mcguire
- martyre
- maguire
- inspire
- inquire
- glenayre
- frymire
- expire
- striar
- squire
- retire
- rehire
- o'dwyer
- aspire
- alkire
- admire
- swire
- spire
- smyre
- skier
- schreyer
- quire
- dwire
- wyre
Sentences with afire
1. Particle
The U.S. Fire Administration states that almost 7,200 homes are set afire annually due to gas grill accidents.
2. Adjective
Once these synthetic fabrics are afire, though, they tend to melt.
Quotes about afire
1. But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.
- José Martí
2. Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning