afire
About 0.44 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb On fire (often metaphorically).
- adjective On fire (often metaphorically).
- adjective ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “afire”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Similar words
ablaze aflame flaming lit burning aflare lighted blazing alight on fire
Often followed by
with and by in to the at as on
Word family
set afire sets afire setting afire
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