ignite
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter
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Sense 2 verb
start to burn or burst into flames
Marsh gases ignited suddenly
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- blow out hyponym
- catch hyponym
- light up hyponym
Related & opposite
- kindling derivation
- combustible derivation
- burnable derivation
- comburent derivation
- combust verb group
Sense 3 verb
arouse or excite feelings and passions
The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | quench |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | burn |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kindling |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lighter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ignition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lighter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | burnable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | combust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | light |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reignite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enkindle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | light up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flare up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kindling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | combustible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burnable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comburent |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | combust |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blow out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | light up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflaming |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | passion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | seditious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferment |