kindle

🇺🇸 /ˈkɪndl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkɪndl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to cause something to start burning or to make a fire start burning

We watched as the fire slowly kindled.

R

to cause a feeling or emotion to start growing in someone

Suspicion kindled within her.

translation

v. to cause something to start burning or to make a fire start burning; to cause a feeling or emotion to start growing in someone

Word Forms

3rd Present kindles
Past kindled
Perfect kindled
Progressive kindling