Crossword clues for kindle
kindle
- Arouse, as interest
- Bit of light reading?
- Nook alternative
- Amazon purchase
- Amazon's e-book reader
- Amazon's reader
- Amazon e-reader
- Amazon e-book
- Reader with Paperwhite and Fire models
- Opposite of "extinguish"
- Linked (anag)
- Brand with Paperwhite and Fire models
- Bedtime reading device
- Amazon tablet (Yeah, I probably should have included this as part of the theme, but I couldn't come up with a suitable answer.Sue me.)
- Ignite
- Begin to burn
- Cause to burn
- Light
- Bring to life
- Stir up
- Arouse and race the French
- Encourage family hand-out, while giving nothing away
- Electronic gadget linked with hacking
- E-book device
- Stimulate class left without paper
- Arouse class with article in French
- Light cattle eating primarily dandelion leaves
- Set fire to
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kindle \Kin"dle\, v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.]
To bring forth young. [Obs.]
--Shak.
The poor beast had but lately kindled.
--Holland.
Kindle \Kin`dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kindling.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.]
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To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.
His breath kindleth coals.
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Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
--Prov. xxvi. 21.Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.
--Shak.Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
--Milton.Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
--Dryden.Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite; arouse; stir up.
Kindle \Kin"dle\ (k[i^]n"d'l), v. i.
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To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
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2. (Fig.): To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.
On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives way.
--I. Taylor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, cundel, "to set fire to, to start on fire," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse kynda "to kindle, to light a fire," Swedish quindla "kindle," of uncertain origin, + frequentative suffix -le. Figurative use from c.1300. Intransitive sense "to begin to burn, to catch fire" is from c.1400. Related: Kindled; kindling.\n
\nInfluenced in form, and sometimes in Middle English in sense, with kindel "to give birth" (of animals), "bring forth, produce" (c.1200), from kindel (n.) "offspring of an animal, young one," from Old English gecynd (see kind (n.)) + -el.
WordNet
v. catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles" [syn: inflame]
cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" [syn: enkindle, conflagrate, inflame]
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]
Wikipedia
Kindle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Greg Kindle (born 1950), American player of gridiron football
- Hermann Kindle (born 1935), skier from Liechtenstein
- Nicola Kindle (born 1991), skier from Liechtenstein
- Sergio Kindle (born 1987), American football player
Usage examples of "kindle".
This was placed on the ground and held firmly, while one or two more stood round ready to aliment the flame, when kindled, with dry leaves and bark, scraped into very thin shavings.
At one time I would think of devoting all my intelligence and all my money to kindling an amorous passion in her heart, and then to revenge myself by treating her with contempt.
He then begged and begged my pardon a thousand times, and went on assuring me that I must lay to my rigour the odium of the step he had taken, the only excuse for it being in the fervent love I had kindled in his heart, and which made him miserable.
He rubbed the engraved opal that was the bezel of the ring and it began to glow like a brightening ember, smoky crimson shot with livid green at first, then kindling to a vivid scarlet.
Already Spring kindles the birchen spray, And the hoar pines already feel her breath: Shall she not work also within our limbs?
The cellar of the Haunted Bookshop was, to Bock, a fascinating place, illuminated by a warm glow from the furnace, and piled high with split packing-cases which Roger used as kindling.
While Brown went to fetch some wild yams, Minarii kindled a fire, Seated several stones, and dropped them into a calabash of water, which began to boil at once.
How sweet must it be for those who have an Eden in their hearts, like Roger Conant and his wife, to find a new world to project it into, as they have, instead of dwelling among old haunts of men, where so many household fires have been kindled and burnt out, that the very glow of happiness has something dreary in it!
Margarita was ready to scratch my eyes out if I could not prove my fidelity, but I satisfied her by quenching on her the fires Armelline and the punch had kindled.
The expedition of Harris, Coxon, Sharp and their associates across the isthmus in 1680 had kindled the imaginations of the buccaneers with the possibilities of greater plunder and adventure in these more distant regions.
The others, Dees included, were so much kindling to be thrown into the fire.
Here stood an alabaster cup containing spirits of wine which I kindled, repeating magical words which I did not understand, but which she said after me, giving me the letter addressed to Selenis.
Rising wearily from the box he set about to collect some sticks of kindling wood, an action that sent Dopey into ecstasies of excitement.
The Chippewas, and several other important tribes, always kindled fires on the fresh graves of their dead, and kept them burning four successive nights, to light the wandering souls on their way.
This threat had no effect, for I had already got back my senses, and I pitied myself for being degraded by a creature for whom I had the greatest contempt, in spite of the almost magical influence she had over me, and the furious desires she knew how to kindle in my breast.