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Definition of 'spark' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) spark
an ignited or fiery particle such as is thrown off by burning wood or produced by one hard body striking against another.

2.  spark
the light produced by a sudden discontinuous discharge of electricity through air or another dielectric.

3.  spark
the discharge itself.

4.  spark
any electric arc of relatively small energy content.

5.  spark
the electric discharge produced by a spark plug in an internal-combustion engine.

6.  spark
anything that activates or stimulates; an inspiration or catalyst.

7.  spark
a small amount or trace of something.

8.  spark
a trace of life or vitality.

9.  spark
animation; liveliness.

10.  spark
sparks, (used with a sing. v.) Slang. a radio operator on a ship or aircraft.

11. (v.i.) spark
to emit or produce sparks.

12.  spark
to issue as or like sparks.

13.  spark
to send forth gleams or flashes.

14.  spark
(of the ignition of an internal-combustion engine) to function correctly in producing sparks.

15. (v.t.) spark
to kindle, animate, or stimulate:
to spark someone's enthusiasm.

16. (n.) spark
a lively, elegant, or foppish young man.

17.  spark
a beau, lover, or suitor.

18. (n.) Spark
Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg), born 1918, British novelist, born in Scotland.


Definition of 'spark' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) flicker, spark, glint
a momentary flash of light

2. (noun) sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
"he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

3. (noun) discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

4. (noun) spark
a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
"a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency"

5. (noun) Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark
Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

6. (verb) spark
a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

7. (verb) trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
put in motion or move to act
"trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

8. (verb) spark, sparkle
emit or produce sparks
"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"


Definition of 'spark' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) spark
a quick flash of fire or electricity
the spark that started the fire


Definition of 'spark' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) spark
a small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion

2. (noun) spark
a small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle

3. (noun) spark
that which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle

4. (noun) spark
a brisk, showy, gay man

5. (noun) spark
a lover; a gallant; a beau

6. (verb) spark
to sparkle

7. (verb) spark
to play the spark, beau, or lover


Translation of 'spark' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a tiny red-hot piece thrown off by something burning, or when two very hard (eg metal) surfaces are struck together
Sparks were being thrown into the air from the burning building.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vonk Arabic flag Arabic: شَرارَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: искра
Brazilian flag Brazilian: faísca Czech flag Czech: jiskra German flag German: der Funke
Danish flag Danish: gnist Greek flag Greek: σπίθα Spanish flag Spanish: chispa
Estonian flag Estonian: säde Farsi flag Farsi: جرقه Finnish flag Finnish: kipinä
French flag French: étincelle Hebrew flag Hebrew: נִיצוֹץ Hindi flag Hindi: चिंगारी
Croatian flag Croatian: iskra, varnica Hungarian flag Hungarian: szikra Indonesian flag Indonesian: bunga api
Icelandic flag Icelandic: neisti Italian flag Italian: scintilla Japanese flag Japanese: 火花
Korean flag Korean: 불꽃 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kibirkštis Latvian flag Latvian: dzirkstele
Malay flag Malay: percikan api Dutch flag Dutch: vonk Norwegian flag Norwegian: gnist(regn)
Polish flag Polish: iskra Persian flag Persian: جرقه Pashto flag Pashto: جرقه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: faísca Romanian flag Romanian: scânteie Russian flag Russian: искра
Slovak flag Slovak: iskra Slovenian flag Slovenian: iskra Serbian flag Serbian: varnica
Swedish flag Swedish: gnista Thai flag Thai: ประกายไฟ Turkish flag Turkish: kıvılcım
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 火花 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: іскра, спалах Urdu flag Urdu: شرارہ، چنگاری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tia lửa, tia sáng Chinese flag Chinese: 火花

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