inflame
part of speech
verb (inflame, inflames, inflamed, inflaming)
meaning for a pupil
1) To inflame feelings means to make people angrier or more excited. tree →
2) (medicine) When a body part is inflamed, it becomes red, swollen, hot and painful, often from infection or injury. tree →
3) (old) To inflame can mean to set on fire. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and health, inflammation is the body's response to injury or germs: a cut that is red and swollen is inflamed. In news, a rude comment can inflame a situation and make an argument worse. In stories, a speech that inflames the crowd starts a riot. Phrases: inflame tensions, inflamed throat.
examples
- His rude words inflamed the argument. tree →
- The splinter made my finger inflamed and sore. tree →
- Her throat was inflamed with tonsillitis. tree →
- The news inflamed the angry crowd. tree →
- Scratching the bite will only inflame it. tree →
- The referee's decision inflamed the fans. tree →
note
Regular verb. Noun: inflammation. Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire, the same as «flammable», not the opposite.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «inflame» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.