sytyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• blaze noun A large, fast-burning fire.
• fire noun The chemical reaction of burning, producing heat, light, and flame.
• flare noun A bright light or flame used as a signal or for illumination, often a handheld or fired device.
• flush verb To clean by flooding with water, especially a toilet.
• ignite verb To set something on fire, or to begin burning.
• inflame verb To make a feeling, situation, or conflict more intense or heated.
• kindle verb To light or start a fire.
• light noun Brightness that lets people see, from the sun, a lamp, or fire.
• prime adj Of the highest quality or importance; excellent.
• tend verb To be likely to behave, happen, or turn out in a particular way.

Senses

sytyttää is used for these senses in English:

• blaze (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
• fire (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
• fire To animate; to give life or spirit to.
• flare (transitive) To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas.
• flush To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
• ignite (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
• ignite (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger
• inflame (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

blaze — full definition

1. noun A large, fast-burning fire.
2. verb To burn brightly, or to shine with intense light.
3. noun A white or light-colored mark on a horse's face, or a mark cut into a tree's bark to show a trail.

fire — full definition

1. noun The chemical reaction of burning, producing heat, light, and flame.
2. noun Bullets or projectiles shot from a weapon, or the act of shooting.
3. verb To shoot a weapon.
4. verb To dismiss someone from their job.
5. verb To set something alight, or to heat it strongly, as with ceramics.

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