flame-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: (Cause to) shine brightly, (as if) from fire.

Commentary: Includes: FLAME UP

Examples:
The night flamed with the massive bombardment.
The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset.
She almost flames in that glittered dress.
The wood flamed up after I added more embers.

Mappings:
VerbNet: light_emission-43.1
FrameNet: Light_movement,Location_of_light
PropBank: flame.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
flame_up 1

Sense Number 2: Criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium.

Examples:
The person who posted that mean message got flamed.
Her colleagues flamed her repeatedly over email.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: FLAME OUT: fail or die away, as an engine might.

Commentary: Is: FLAME OUT

Examples:
Both jets on the Falcon 20 flamed out.
The project really flamed out once the supervisor left.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM