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grip 2, verb (oh) and inflame (medicine)


grip 2, verb (oh)



2 v past tense and past participle gripped present participle gripping
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1 ?hold tightly?
2 ?have a strong effect?
3 ?interest somebody?
4 ?not slip?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: grippan]
?HOLD TIGHTLY?
[T] to hold something very tightly
::I gripped the rail and tried not to look down.
grip sth tightly/firmly
::The woman moved closer to Beth, gripping her arm tightly.
?HAVE A STRONG EFFECT?
[T] to have a strong effect on someone or something
::a country gripped by economic problems
::Panic suddenly gripped me when it was my turn to speak.
?INTEREST SOMEBODY?
[T] to hold someone's attention and interest
::a story that really grips you
?NOT SLIP?
[I and T] if something grips a surface, it stays on it without slipping
::Radial tires grip the road well.
-see also gripping

inflame (medicine)


inflame


1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. "We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet." (Chapman)

2. To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. "Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage." (Milton) "But, O inflame and fire our hearts." (Dryden)

3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. "It will inflame you; it will make you mad." (Shak)

4. <medicine> To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.

5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. " A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes." (Addison)

Synonym: To provoke, fire, kindle, irritate, exasperate, incense, enrage, anger, excite, arouse.

Origin: OE. Enflamen, OF. Enflamer, F. Enflammer, L. Inflammare,inflammatum; pref.in- in + flammare to flame, fr.flamma flame. See Flame.

Source: Websters Dictionary