Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

add flame to the fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: ad-d flame -to the -fire
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Nonstandard form of add fuel to the fire and add fuel to the flame.

Example Sentences

""Sure, go ahead," he said with a smirk, propping one foot up on a box and leaning his elbow on one knee while he turned the baby blues on me for what he must have thought was a melting look. I was so angry I was sizzling. The only thing that look did was add flame to the fire."
""Besides, we'd figured to drink all night and leave town in the morning anyway." "You've most likely consumed your limit of spirits tonight," Roscoe chimed in. "Any more will just add flame to the fire.""
"To add flame to the fire, the government decided that it would be feasible to fly certain planes at night, to combat the turbulence created by the sun heating the ground, which produced rising columns of warm air that could toss the small biplanes of the 1920s around violently, making long flights across deserts and plains exhausting for pilots who had to constantly fight unstable air."

Inflected Forms

adds flame to the fire (present, singular) adding flame to the fire (participle, present) added flame to the fire (participle, past) added flame to the fire (past)

Questions

What does add flame to the fire mean?: Nonstandard form of add fuel to the fire and add fuel to the flame.

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