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sytyttää — meaning in English

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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-coloured 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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