set fire

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Leasnam (talk | contribs) as of 22:34, 13 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

From Middle English setten fyre, equivalent to set +‎ fire.

Verb

set fire (third-person singular simple present sets fire, present participle setting fire, simple past and past participle set fire)

  1. (intransitive, followed by to) To light using fire.
    They set fire to the house.

Translations

See also

Anagrams