set fire

set fire to — set on fire or set fire to To ignite • • • Main Entry: ↑fire set alight, set light to, set fire to or set on fire To cause to break into flame and burn • • • Main Entry: ↑set set fir …   Useful english dictionary

set fire to — ► set fire to (or set on fire) cause to burn. Main Entry: ↑fire …   English terms dictionary

set fire to — {v. phr.} To cause to burn; start a fire in. * /The sparks set fire to the oily rags./ Compare: CATCH FIRE …   Dictionary of American idioms

set fire to — {v. phr.} To cause to burn; start a fire in. * /The sparks set fire to the oily rags./ Compare: CATCH FIRE …   Dictionary of American idioms

set\ fire\ to — v. phr. To cause to burn; start a fire in. The sparks set fire to the oily rags. Compare: catch fire …   Словарь американских идиом

set fire — start a fire, light a fire    A child playing with a cigarette lighter set fire to the curtains …   English idioms

set fire — verb to light using fire. They set fire to the house …   Wiktionary

set fire to — To make burn. 5 Am J2d Arson § 43. In the law of arson it has been held that the terms burn and set fire to are synonymous, and that the use of the latter term does not vary the common law rule that burning is necessary to the offense. Anno: 1… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

set fire to — ignite, set on fire …   English contemporary dictionary

set fire to — Kindle, inflame, ignite, set on fire …   New dictionary of synonyms

Set Fire to the Rain — «Set fire to the rain» Sencillo de Adele del álbum 21 Publicación 4 de julio de 2011 Formato Descarga digital Grabación 2010 Género(s) …   Wikipedia Español