Ember
noun
A small piece of wood or coal in a fire that is still hot and makes a light.
The embers from the fire were still glowing in the morning.
noun
A light orange-red color.
The sunset painted the sky in hues of ember.
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Poetic
noun
A small piece of wood or coal in a fire that is still hot and makes a light.
The embers from the fire were still glowing in the morning.
noun
A light orange-red color.
The sunset painted the sky in hues of ember.
Usage tips
Poetic
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Pro Tip 1/3Dying Fire
Used to describe a fire that's almost out, but still has heat.
We sat by the warmth of the dying embers.
Pro Tip 2/3Glowing Remains
Often refers to the glowing pieces in a fire after flames are gone.
The ethereal glow of the embers fascinated the children.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Hope
Metaphorically, an ember can represent a small hope that's still alive.
Their kindness was the ember of hope he needed.
Pro Tip 1/3Dying Fire
Used to describe a fire that's almost out, but still has heat.
We sat by the warmth of the dying embers.
Pro Tip 2/3Glowing Remains
Often refers to the glowing pieces in a fire after flames are gone.
The ethereal glow of the embers fascinated the children.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Hope
Metaphorically, an ember can represent a small hope that's still alive.
Their kindness was the ember of hope he needed.
Pro Tip 1/3Dying Fire
Used to describe a fire that's almost out, but still has heat.
We sat by the warmth of the dying embers.
Pro Tip 2/3Glowing Remains
Often refers to the glowing pieces in a fire after flames are gone.
The ethereal glow of the embers fascinated the children.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Hope
Metaphorically, an ember can represent a small hope that's still alive.
Their kindness was the ember of hope he needed.
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Medicine's future?...
your eye now if you have trouble maintaining your diet it might help to have some extra imagery to remind you how many calories are going to be coming at you how about enabling the pathologist to use their cellphone again to see at a microscopic level and tell ember that data back to the cloud and make better
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The Aztec myth of the...
offering their bodies to their new Lord Sun. As the last god made the sacrifice, Lord Quetzalcoatl blew the embers of the great fire back to life, and the sun began to move through the sky at last, ushering in the fifth age. Thanks to a pimply weakling whose fortitude inspired all the other gods,
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Edith Widder: Glowing...
but these were icy, blue embers. It was breathtaking. Now, usually if people are familiar with bioluminescence at all, it's these guys; it's fireflies. And there are a few other land-dwellers that can make light -- some insects, earthworms, fungi -- but in general, on land, it's really rare.
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Social Media as Fuel for...
curiosity that perhaps lurks within us maybe it's there from childhood when we were all curious about the natural world perhaps that flame is childhood is now just diminished to a low ember cooling embrace have to fan it and bring it back I think I can do that in a few cases
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
they're not nocturnal so it's only at this very last or doing during the last embers of the day that they will sit on an open patch like this and wait for things to come past and it's only they do it a very interesting behaviour we to an eye on infrared are we focus and
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How to rebuild the world...
camera more importantly you should be able to see that we've got these hot embers at the bottom of the tin can but they're also Jets of flame coming in from those air holes and what's happening is that the wood is breaking
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Meet the World's Tiniest...
doesn't like that very much some species of eucalyptus trees keep buds protected under their bark in case of fire and then they simply rebuild what has been lost when the embers go
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Selling Survival:...
between the cord and the stick makes a charred powder that turns into embers gives you a new feeling of respect when you place the embers into a pile of bark
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The Irish myth of...
And by the time Fionn realized his mistake, it was too late. And the embers of rage that long burned inside him were finally quenched by tears.
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A dance to honor Mother...
drink, liquid, life and water. Born when the universe was formed, warmed mankind, gave him light, colored rays illuminate ember flickers
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Medicine's future?...
your eye now if you have trouble maintaining your diet it might help to have some extra imagery to remind you how many calories are going to be coming at you how about enabling the pathologist to use their cellphone again to see at a microscopic level and tell ember that data back to the cloud and make better
Video examples
The Aztec myth of the...
offering their bodies to their new Lord Sun. As the last god made the sacrifice, Lord Quetzalcoatl blew the embers of the great fire back to life, and the sun began to move through the sky at last, ushering in the fifth age. Thanks to a pimply weakling whose fortitude inspired all the other gods,
Video examples
Edith Widder: Glowing...
but these were icy, blue embers. It was breathtaking. Now, usually if people are familiar with bioluminescence at all, it's these guys; it's fireflies. And there are a few other land-dwellers that can make light -- some insects, earthworms, fungi -- but in general, on land, it's really rare.
Video examples
Social Media as Fuel for...
curiosity that perhaps lurks within us maybe it's there from childhood when we were all curious about the natural world perhaps that flame is childhood is now just diminished to a low ember cooling embrace have to fan it and bring it back I think I can do that in a few cases
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
they're not nocturnal so it's only at this very last or doing during the last embers of the day that they will sit on an open patch like this and wait for things to come past and it's only they do it a very interesting behaviour we to an eye on infrared are we focus and
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
camera more importantly you should be able to see that we've got these hot embers at the bottom of the tin can but they're also Jets of flame coming in from those air holes and what's happening is that the wood is breaking
Video examples
Meet the World's Tiniest...
doesn't like that very much some species of eucalyptus trees keep buds protected under their bark in case of fire and then they simply rebuild what has been lost when the embers go
Video examples
Selling Survival:...
between the cord and the stick makes a charred powder that turns into embers gives you a new feeling of respect when you place the embers into a pile of bark
Video examples
The Irish myth of...
And by the time Fionn realized his mistake, it was too late. And the embers of rage that long burned inside him were finally quenched by tears.
Video examples
A dance to honor Mother...
drink, liquid, life and water. Born when the universe was formed, warmed mankind, gave him light, colored rays illuminate ember flickers
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
My politics of optimism and hope still casts its lot with the Democrats - in the optimistic hope that the dying embers of its status as the party of our better angels, one that took risks for social justice, can still be fanned into a flame. But I'm an old man, born in 1969.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
German Businessman
With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark.
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Yasser Arafat
Leader
Confidence alone does not make peace, but acknowledging rights and confidence do. Failure to recognize these rights creates a sense of injustice; it keeps the embers burning under the ashes.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
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Becky Lynch
Irish Athlete
Ember Moon is extremely talented, and Daria, from Tough Enough, she's very unique and cool. The fans are going to get behind her. As for Asuka, she is phenomenal.
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James A. Forbes
American Clergyman
The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom.
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Maryam D'Abo
English Actress
The thing is to appreciate the fragile wonder of it all, down to the last breath, down to the dying embers of consciousness.
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George Martin
English Producer
We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
My politics of optimism and hope still casts its lot with the Democrats - in the optimistic hope that the dying embers of its status as the party of our better angels, one that took risks for social justice, can still be fanned into a flame. But I'm an old man, born in 1969.
Quote examples
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
German Businessman
With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark.
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Yasser Arafat
Leader
Confidence alone does not make peace, but acknowledging rights and confidence do. Failure to recognize these rights creates a sense of injustice; it keeps the embers burning under the ashes.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
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Becky Lynch
Irish Athlete
Ember Moon is extremely talented, and Daria, from Tough Enough, she's very unique and cool. The fans are going to get behind her. As for Asuka, she is phenomenal.
Quote examples
James A. Forbes
American Clergyman
The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom.
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Maryam D'Abo
English Actress
The thing is to appreciate the fragile wonder of it all, down to the last breath, down to the dying embers of consciousness.
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George Martin
English Producer
We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.
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