set\ ablaze

set\ ablaze
v. phr.
To cause to burn by lighting with a match or other incendiary device.

The criminals poured gasoline on the house and set it ablaze with a small lighter.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • set ablaze — set on fire, ignite …   English contemporary dictionary

  • set ablaze — {v. phr.} To cause to burn by lighting with a match or other incendiary device. * /The criminals poured gasoline on the house and set it ablaze with a small lighter./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • set ablaze — {v. phr.} To cause to burn by lighting with a match or other incendiary device. * /The criminals poured gasoline on the house and set it ablaze with a small lighter./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • set ablaze — verb set fire to; cause to start burning (Freq. 1) Lightening set fire to the forest • Syn: ↑set aflame, ↑set on fire, ↑set afire • Hypernyms: ↑burn, ↑combust …   Useful english dictionary

  • set\ afire — • set afire • set on fire See: set ablaze …   Словарь американских идиом

  • set\ on\ fire — • set afire • set on fire See: set ablaze …   Словарь американских идиом

  • ablaze — adjective 1 be ablaze to be burning with a lot of flames, often causing serious damage: Within minutes the whole house was ablaze. | set sth ablaze (=make something burn a lot): A tanker was set ablaze in the gunboat attack. 2 filled with a lot… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ablaze — adj. 1) ablaze with (the city was ablaze with lights) 2) to set ablaze * * * [ə bleɪz] to set ablaze ablaze with (the city was ablaze with lights) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • ablaze — [[t]əble͟ɪz[/t]] 1) ADJ: v n ADJ, v link ADJ Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely. Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze. 2) ADJ: v link ADJ, usu ADJ with n If a place is ablaze with lights or colours, it is very bright because …   English dictionary

  • ablaze — a|blaze [əˈbleız] adj [not before noun] written 1.) burning strongly with a lot of flames →↑blaze ▪ Within minutes the whole house was ablaze. ▪ The factory had been set ablaze (=made to burn) . 2.) very bright or colourful ▪ a passing pleasure… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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