inflamed

Everyday

1. (body) Red, swollen, hot and sore, usually because of an injury or infection. tree →
2. (feelings) Made much angrier or more excited: an inflamed crowd. tree →
3. (verb) Made a bad situation worse: his words inflamed the argument. tree →

In the lessons

In science and health lessons, inflammation is the body's response to injury or germs — redness, heat, swelling and pain help healing. Doctors talk of inflamed tonsils, throats, joints or skin. In news and history, speeches can inflame anger. Phrases: inflamed skin, inflamed throat, inflamed tonsils, inflame tensions.

Examples

• My throat was red and inflamed, so I stayed home. tree →
• The cut became inflamed, so we went to the doctor. tree →
• Her eyes were inflamed from hay fever. tree →
• The rude comment inflamed the argument. tree →
• The speech inflamed the angry crowd. tree →
• An inflamed appendix may need an operation. tree →
• Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed, he examined it and found a large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot. tree →

Note

Noun «inflammation»; adjective «inflammatory» (causing anger or swelling). Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire — the same as «flammable», not the opposite! Seek an adult or doctor if a wound gets more inflamed, hot or spreads red.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah God makes the letters by "inflaming" them with fire, meaning He kindled them into being.

Interpretation. Tradition links fire, water and air to the letters and the elements God formed the world from.

Examples

• He rose up in spirit, He inflamed him in. seven suitable forms with twelve signs." Mayer gives : " Er zog sie mit Wasser, Zundet sie an mit Feuer; erregte sie mit (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Noun «inflammation»; adjective «inflammatory» (causing anger or swelling). Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire — the same as «flammable», not the opposite! Seek an adult or doctor if a wound gets more inflamed, hot or spreads red.