kindles

Sets alight gently

Kindles is the verb kindle in third-person singular.

To kindle is to start a fire burning: She kindles the woodstove every morning.

The word extends to anything that catches or sparks: kindle interest, kindle passion, kindle hope.

His speech kindles enthusiasm in the crowd.

What kindles begins to burn or glow, literally or figuratively.

arouses

sparks

Fiery particles from friction

inspires · provokes · stimulates · excites · enlivens · animates · piques · rouses · galvanizes · inflames

ignites

lights

Sources of illumination

  • sparksFiery particles from friction
  • fireCombustion with flames
  • flameBurning gas made visible

burn · torch · combustion · blaze · ember · tinder · flicker · smolder · glow · conflagration

Categories
Opposites
fire/combustion

kindlesextinguishes

Causes to stop burning

douses · puts out · quenches · smothers · dampens

initiation of activity or process

kindlesextinguishes

Causes to stop burning

quashes · halts · stops · ends · suppresses

Phrases
Family

kindle, kindling, kindled, rekindle, enkindle, rekindling, rekindled, kindlings, kindlers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G