"set fire to" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-set fire to.wav
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  1. To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight. Tags: transitive Synonyms: set light, set on fire, torch Translations (to cause to be on fire): 放火 (fànghuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), vznítit (Czech), sætte ild til (Danish), süütama (Estonian), läitma (Estonian), sytyttää (Finnish), mettre le feu (French), anzünden (German), βάζω φωτιά (vázo fotiá) (Greek), जलाना (jalānā) (Hindi), प्रज्वलन (prajvalan) (Hindi), incendiare (Italian), upatsiza (note: + direct object) (Ngazidja Comorian), utria mro (note: + a 2nd direct object) (Ngazidja Comorian), onǣlan (Old English), podpalać [imperfective] (Polish), podpalić [perfective] (Polish), atear (Portuguese), kañay (Quechua), da foc (Romanian), поджига́ть (podžigátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подже́чь (podžéčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), tutu le afi (Samoan), affoghizare [Logudorese] (Sardinian), podpáliť (Slovak), zapáliť (Slovak), prender fuego (Spanish), pegar fuego (Spanish), incendiar (Spanish), sätta eld (på) (Swedish), אונטערצינדן (untertsindn) (Yiddish)
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  2. (figurative) To destroy or dismantle (something). Tags: figuratively, transitive
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  3. (figurative) To stir up intense emotion or action in (something). Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: set on fire
    Sense id: en-set_fire_to-en-verb-BGNjiQ32 Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 49 0 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations",
    "en:Fire"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "sets fire to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting fire to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "set fire to",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire to",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setten fire to",
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        "dialectal",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire unto",
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        "alternative",
        "archaic",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire in",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire on",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire upon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire of",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire by",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set fire into",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "set fire to (third-person singular simple present sets fire to, present participle setting fire to, simple past set fire to, past participle set fire to or (dialectal) setten fire to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "(transitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "date": "16th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              16
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          ],
          "text": "They set fire to the house.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              142,
              154
            ],
            [
              168,
              170
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1941 October, “Notes and News: A Serious Swiss Derailment”, in Railway Magazine, page 469:",
          "text": "A freight train became completely derailed, blocking the tunnel entrance, and six of the wagons rolled down the mountainside, demolishing and setting fire on their way to a guard house, in which three soldiers were killed.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "on fire",
          "on fire"
        ],
        [
          "set (something) alight",
          "set alight"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "set light"
        },
        {
          "word": "set on fire"
        },
        {
          "word": "torch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
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              58
            ]
          ],
          "text": "As soon as the new CEO arrived, he started setting fire to the old way of doing things.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy or dismantle (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "dismantle",
          "dismantle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To destroy or dismantle (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
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              39
            ]
          ],
          "text": "All it took was one word to set fire to the crowd.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stir up intense emotion or action in (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stir up",
          "stir up"
        ],
        [
          "intense",
          "intense"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To stir up intense emotion or action in (something)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "set on fire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "fànghuǒ",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "放火"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "lang_code": "zdj",
      "note": "+ direct object",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "upatsiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "lang_code": "zdj",
      "note": "+ a 2nd direct object",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "utria mro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "vznítit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "sætte ild til"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "süütama"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "läitma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "sytyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "mettre le feu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "anzünden"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "vázo fotiá",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "βάζω φωτιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "jalānā",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "जलाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "prajvalan",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "प्रज्वलन"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "incendiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "lang_code": "ang",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "onǣlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podpalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podpalić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "atear"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "lang_code": "qu",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "kañay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "da foc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "podžigátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поджига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "podžéčʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подже́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "lang_code": "sm",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "tutu le afi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "affoghizare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "podpáliť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "zapáliť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "prender fuego"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "pegar fuego"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "incendiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "sätta eld (på)"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "untertsindn",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "אונטערצינדן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set fire to"
}

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