kindling
noun
[ ˈkɪndlɪŋ ]
• small sticks or twigs used for lighting fires.
• (in neurology) a process by which a seizure or other brain event is both initiated and its recurrence made more likely.
kindle
verb
• set (something) on fire.
Similar:
light,
ignite,
set alight,
set light to,
set on fire,
set fire to,
put a match to,
set burning,
get going,
start,
touch off,
spark,
torch,
Origin:
Middle English: based on Old Norse kynda, influenced by Old Norse kindill ‘candle, torch’.
kindle
verb
• (of a hare or rabbit) give birth.
• "a day or two before she kindles, the mother will pull out some of her fur to make a soft lining"
Origin:
Middle English: apparently a frequentative of kind1.
