All 11 Uses of
kindle
in
The Fiend And The Forge
- Get some kindling and warm 'im up again!†
Chpt 6 —kindling = starting or spreading (a fire); or twigs, sticks, or other easily combustible material used to start a fire
- While Max debated how best to handle the situation, the haglings set about gathering more kindling from a neat stack by the cabin.†
Chpt 6 —
- So you're calling me a sucker?" growled Max, his temper kindling.†
Chpt 7 —
- Slinging off his pack, he set to kindling a fire, careful to channel its smoke out a slat that faced the countryside.†
Chpt 15 — *
- Padding downstairs, Max kindled a fire and stifled a temptation to snoop through David's things.†
Chpt 3 —
- Tonight, Old Tom's bell shall ring once more to open this school and remind us of our sacred duty to kindle a light—however small—on this beloved earth.†
Chpt 4 —
- The mention of David rekindled his curiosity.†
Chpt 6 —rekindled = restarted (a fire)standard prefix: The prefix "re-" in rekindled means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- A dreadful purr sounded from its throat, and its eyes gleamed with some fire kindled deep within.†
Chpt 8 —
- Settling into an armchair, he kindled a fire in the hearth and leaned heavily against the table.†
Chpt 10 —
- An unholy fire kindled behind Prusias's eyes, and for a moment, Max feared that he had made a terrible error.†
Chpt 20 — *
- At the giant's command, a fire was kindled in the forge's hearth—a fire so bright, so intense that only Max could approach it.†
Chpt 26 —
Definitions:
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(1)
(kindle as in: dry twigs to kindle a fire) start (a fire)
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(2)
(kindle as in: it may kindle her interest) arouse or inspire
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Kindle can refer to a computer-reading tablet sold by Amazon.