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FLARING
aflare, flaring
(adjective) streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; “ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her”; “flags aflare in the breeze”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
flaring
present participle of flare
Noun
flaring (countable and uncountable, plural flarings)
The act of something that flares.
Anagrams
• fangirl, farling
Source: Wiktionary
Flar"ing, a.
1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light. His [the sun's] flaring beams. Milton.
2. Opening or speading outwards.
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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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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