"set fire" meaning in English

See set fire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sets fire [present, singular, third-person], setting fire [participle, present], set fire [participle, past], set fire [past]
Etymology: From Middle English setten fyre, equivalent to set + fire. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|setten fyre}} Middle English setten fyre, {{af|en|set|fire|nocat=1}} set + fire Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> fire}} set fire (third-person singular simple present sets fire, present participle setting fire, simple past and past participle set fire)
  1. (intransitive) Followed by to: to cause to be on fire; to light using fire; to set alight. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Fire Synonyms: 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)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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          "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "anzünden"
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "incendiare"
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "roman": "podžigátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "word": "поджига́ть"
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "tutu le afi"
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "prender fuego"
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      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
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      "word": "sätta eld (på)"
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      "roman": "untertsindn",
      "sense": "to cause to be on fire",
      "word": "אונטערצינדן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set fire"
}

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