Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To give birth to; bring forth, as young.
- To bring forth young.
- noun Progeny; young.
- noun A brood or litter.
- To be with young: an English fanciers' term applied to rabbits.
- To set fire to; set on fire; cause to burn; light: as, to
kindle tinder or coal; to kindle a fire. - To inflame, as the passions or feelings; rouse into activity; excite; fire: as, to
kindle anger or wrath; to kindle love. - To move by instigation; provoke; incite; entice.
- To light up; illuminate.
- Synonyms To ignite, set fire to.
- To awaken, stimulate, whet, foment, work up.
- To take fire; begin to burn.
- To begin to glow; light up; grow bright.
- To begin to be excited; grow warm or animated; be roused.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light.
- transitive verb Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite.
- intransitive verb To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
- intransitive verb To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated.
- verb obsolete To bring forth young.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
collective term for a group ofkittens . - verb transitive To start (a
fire ) or light (atorch ). - verb transitive, figuratively To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb catch fire
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- verb cause to start burning
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you love to read and want a great way to carry all your favorite books around the kindle is a wonderful way to do that.
Could Amazon and Audible Rewrite the Rules of Publishing? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The kindle is working again so I was able to download "Demonkeepers," by Jessica Anderson, to read this weekend.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2010
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Reading a newspaper on the current kindle is a painful experience as anyone who has tried knows.
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As one top computer industry reporter at the New York Times told me in a recent email about this new use of the word kindle as a verb to mean “reading a book on a Kindle”: “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.”
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As one top computer industry reporter at the New York Times told me in a recent email about this new use of the word kindle as a verb to mean "reading a book on a Kindle":
Pogue's Posts 2009
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My kindle is ready and waiting for Risk and i can’t wait for Doc’s story!
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It's my strong suspicion that the people who are loving the kindle are already diehard readers; the kindle makes it possible to carry back-breaking loads of books in a way that doesn't.
msagara: Confluence 2009 Schedule msagara 2009
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Reading, after all, is what the kindle is all about.
Could Amazon and Audible Rewrite the Rules of Publishing? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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A combination of Professors and Students are going to use the Kindle and/or other platforms – although the kindle is the best option to replace expensive textbooks with open source education.
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The kindle is a new e-book reader that Amazon is pushing through, most likely to take advantage of the digital revolution and the effect that items such as the iPod have had on the music industry.
Archive 2007-11-01 Andrew 2007
john commented on the word kindle
An ereader produced by Amazon, of which I'm skeptical
November 20, 2007
bilby commented on the word kindle
Where the strong are not unseeing,
And the harvests are not sere;
Where, ere the seasons dwindle,
They yield their due return;
Where the lamps of knowledge kindle
While the flames of youth still burn?
- Edmund Clarence Stedman, 'Si Jeunesse Savait!'
September 16, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word kindle
iPhone, App Store: I type "Kindle for iPhone" and among the search results, I find "Barnes and Noble eReader".
How did they do it?, I wonder...
And here's how. Below is part of the application description.
"In short, we're not just a new chapter or a new stanza, we're a whole new story that's going to kindle a real revolution in reading."
September 30, 2009
rolig commented on the word kindle
You've gotta wonder why Amazon decided on this idiotic name. When I link the word "kindle" with books, I think of Nazis and book-burning. Is the idea that our old-fashioned paper books can now be used as kindling? Marketing morons.
September 30, 2009
reesetee commented on the word kindle
You know, rolig, I've been wondering the same thing. For a long time now.
October 1, 2009
goodkitten commented on the word kindle
the reason kindle is on my list Fantastic Cats!, Open List is because a kindle is a litter of kittens
June 17, 2012