FLARES

Noun

flares

plural of flare

Noun

flares pl (plural only)

Bell-bottoms, pants with flared legs.

Verb

flares

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flare

Anagrams

• falser, ferals, flaser

Source: Wiktionary


FLARE

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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