n.
    - a hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something on fire.
 - a thing compared to a flame's ability to burn fiercely or be extinguished:
 the flame of hope.
 - a brilliant orange-red colour.
 - informal a vitriolic or abusive email or newsgroup posting, typically one sent in quick response to another.
 
v.
      - give off flames. 
▸set alight.
 - (of an intense emotion) appear suddenly and fiercely.
 - (of a person's face) become red with embarrassment or anger.
 - informal send an abusive email to.
 - 
(flame out)
 (of a jet engine) lose power through the extinction of the flame in the combustion chamber.
 - 
(flame out)
 informal, chiefly N. Amer. fail conspicuously.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - old flame
 informal a former lover. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - flameless adj.
  - flamer n. (Computing,  informal).
  - flamy 
(also flamey)
 adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. flame (n.), flamer (v.), from L. flamma ‘a flame’.