FLARE

flare

(noun) (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

flare

(noun) a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification

flare, flash

(noun) a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

flare

(noun) a sudden outburst of emotion; “she felt a flare of delight”; “she could not control her flare of rage”

flare

(noun) am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)

flare

(noun) a sudden burst of flame

flare, flair

(noun) a shape that spreads outward; “the skirt had a wide flare”

flare

(noun) a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms; “a colitis flare”; “infection can cause a lupus flare”

flare

(noun) reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation

erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out

(verb) erupt or intensify suddenly; “Unrest erupted in the country”; “Tempers flared at the meeting”; “The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism”

flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up

(verb) burn brightly; “Every star seemed to flare with new intensity”

flare, flame

(verb) shine with a sudden light; “The night sky flared with the massive bombardment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

flare (plural flares)

A sudden bright light.

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.

(oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.

(figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.

A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.

(in plural) Bell-bottom trousers.

(aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

(baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.

Synonyms: blooper, Texas leaguer

(American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.

(photography) Short for lens flare.

Hyponyms

• (pyrotechnic): Bengal light, fusee (“colored flare used as a warning on a railroad”) (US), parachute flare, Very light

Verb

flare (third-person singular simple present flares, present participle flaring, simple past and past participle flared)

(transitive) To cause to burn.

(transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame.

(ambitransitive) To open outward in shape.

(ambitransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

(intransitive) To blaze brightly.

(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

(intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.

(intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify.

Synonym: flare up

(intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger.

Synonym: flare up

(intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light.

Anagrams

• feral

Source: Wiktionary

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Flare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaring.] Etym: [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]

1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. Shak.

4. To be exosed to too much light. [Obs.] Flaring in sunshine all the day. Prior.

5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Flare, n.

1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

Flare, n.

Definition: Leaf of lard. "Pig's flare." Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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