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verb (used without object)
1.
to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
2.
to blaze with a sudden burst of flame (often followed by up): The fire flared up as the paper caught.
3.
to start up or burst out in sudden, fierce activity, passion, etc. (often followed by up or out): Tempers flared at the meeting. Violence flared up in a new section of the city.
4.
to shine or glow.
5.
to spread gradually outward, as the end of a trumpet, the bottom of a wide skirt, or the sides of a ship.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cause (a candle, torch, etc.) to burn with a swaying flame.
7.
to display conspicuously or ostentatiously.
8.
to signal by flares of fire or light.
9.
to cause (something) to spread gradually outward in form.
10.
EXPANDMetallurgy. to heat (a high-zinc brass) to such a high temperature that the zinc vapors begin to burn.
11.
COLLAPSEto discharge and burn (excess gas) at a well or refinery.
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noun
Verb phrase12.
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
13.
a sudden blaze or burst of flame.
14.
a bright blaze of fire or light used as a signal, a means of illumination or guidance, etc.
15.
a device or substance used to produce such a blaze of fire or light.
16.
EXPANDa sudden burst, as of zeal or of anger.
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a gradual spread outward in form; outward curvature: the flare of a skirt.
18.
something that spreads out.
19.
Optics. unwanted light reaching the image plane of an optical instrument, resulting from extraneous reflections, scattering by lenses, and the like.
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Photography. a fogged appearance given to an image by reflection within a camera lens or within the camera itself.
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Also called solar flare. Astronomy. a sudden and brief brightening of the solar atmosphere in the vicinity of a sunspot that results from an explosive release of particles and radiation.
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Football. a short pass thrown to a back who is running toward a sideline and is not beyond the line of scrimmage.
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COLLAPSETelevision. a dark area on a picture tube caused by variations in light intensity.
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flare out/up, to become suddenly enraged: She flares up easily.
Origin:
1540–50; orig. meaning: spread out, said of hair, a ship's sides, etc.; compare Old English flǣre either of the spreading sides at the end of the nose
1540–50; orig. meaning: spread out, said of hair, a ship's sides, etc.; compare Old English flǣre either of the spreading sides at the end of the nose
Related forms
out·flare, verb (used with object), -flared, -flar·ing.
un·flared, adjective
Synonyms
1. flame. 3. erupt, explode, flash, blaze, flame. 13. flash.
1. flame. 3. erupt, explode, flash, blaze, flame. 13. flash.
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Word Origin & History
flare
mid-16c., originally "spread out" (hair), of unknown origin, perhaps from Du. vlederen. Related: Flared; flaring. The noun meaning "bright, unsteady light" is 1814, from the verb, which led to the sense of "signal fire" (1883). The notion of "spreading out in display" is behind the notion of "spreading
EXPANDgradually outward" (1640s). Flare-up "a sudden burst" is from 1837. Flares "flared trousers" is from 1964.
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Medical Dictionary
flare (flâr)
n.
An area of redness on the skin surrounding the primary site of infection or irritation.
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