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单词 enkindles
释义

enkindle

verb

en·​kin·​dle in-ˈkin-dᵊl How to pronounce enkindle (audio)
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enkindled; enkindling; enkindles

transitive verb

1
: to set (something, such as fuel) on fire : to cause to ignite
2
: to make bright and glowing

intransitive verb

: to take fire : flame

Synonyms

  • burn
  • fire
  • ignite
  • inflame
  • enflame
  • kindle
  • light
  • torch
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Example Sentences

see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs

Word History

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

enkindles

verb

present tense third-person singular of enkindle
as in burns
to set (something) on fire see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • burns
  • kindles
  • ignites
  • illumines
  • torches
  • lights
  • scorches
  • inflames
  • enflames
  • fires
  • bakes
  • illuminates
  • immolates
  • ashes
  • broils
  • cooks
  • relights
  • incinerates
  • stokes
  • frizzles
  • cremates
  • brightens
  • rekindles
  • deflagrates
  • lightens
  • kilns
  • irradiates
  • chars
  • radiates
  • sets off
  • sears
  • scalds
  • reignites
  • scathes
  • banks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • extinguishes
  • quenches
  • douses
  • smothers
  • suffocates
  • chokes
  • stamps (out)
  • snuffs (out)
  • puts out
  • dowses
  • obscures
  • dims
  • dulls
  • darkens
  • blackens
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