Main entry: on fire, ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight
Definition: lighted up by or as by fire or flame
Usage: forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning; even the car's tires were aflame; a night aflare with fireworks; candles alight on the tables; houses on fire
Definition: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
Usage: ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her; flags aflare in the breeze