'Kindling' definitions:
Definition of 'kindling'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Kindling'
From: GCIDE
- Kindling \Kin"dling\ (k[i^]n"dl[i^]ng), n.
- 1. The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.
- 2. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire, such as small twigs or paper; -- also used in the pl.. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Kindling'
From: GCIDE
- Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kindling.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.]
- 1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings. [1913 Webster]
- His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame. [1913 Webster]
- So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov. xxvi. 21. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. --Dryden.
- Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kindling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backlog,
- bavin,
- brush,
- brushwood,
- enkindling,
- fagot,
- firewood,
- firing,
- flammation,
- ignition,
- incendiary,
- inflaming,
- inflammation,
- inflammative,
- inflammatory,
- kindlings,
- lighting,
- lighting up,
- log,
- stovewood,
- wood,
- yule clog,
- yule log