əˈbleɪz əˈfaɪə(ɹ) əˈfleɪm lighted up by or as by fire or flame forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning even the car's tires were aflame a night aflare with fireworks candles alight on the tables houses on fire streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her flags aflare in the breeze