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kindlekin‧dle /ˈkɪndl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] kindleOrigin: 1100-1200 Old Norse kynda VERB TABLEkindle |
Present | I, you, we, they | kindle | | he, she, it | kindles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | kindled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have kindled | | he, she, it | has kindled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had kindled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will kindle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have kindled |
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Present | I | am kindling | | he, she, it | is kindling | | you, we, they | are kindling | Past | I, he, she, it | was kindling | | you, we, they | were kindling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been kindling | | he, she, it | has been kindling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been kindling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be kindling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been kindling |
NOUN► fire· The aristocrats would be the kindling for a roaring fire fueled by the fats of social exploitation.· Soon hundreds were camping out in the empty Casino and the closed exhibit halls where they kindled small fires to keep warm. 1if you kindle a fire, or if it kindles, it starts to burn2to make someone feel interested, excited, hopeful etckindle something in somebody A love of poetry was kindled in him by his mother. |