flaring
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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.
Metallurgy. to heat (a high-zinc brass) to such a high temperature that the zinc vapors begin to burn.
noun
Verb phrases 12.
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.
a sudden burst, as of zeal or of anger.
17.
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.
20.
Photography. a fogged appearance given to an image by reflection within a camera lens or within the camera itself.
21.
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.
22.
Football. a short pass thrown to a back who is running toward a sideline and is not beyond the line of scrimmage.
23.
Television. a dark area on a picture tube caused by variations in light intensity.
24.
flare outup, 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), out·flared, out·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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World English Dictionary
flare (flɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (sometimes foll by off) | |
| 1. | to burn or cause to burn with an unsteady or sudden bright flame |
| 2. | to spread or cause to spread outwards from a narrow to a wider shape |
| 3. | (tr) to make a conspicuous display of |
| 4. | to increase the temperature of (a molten metal or alloy) until a gaseous constituent of the melt burns with a characteristic flame or (of a molten metal or alloy) to show such a flame |
| 5. | (in the oil industry) to burn off (unwanted gas) at an oil well |
| —n | |
| 6. | an unsteady flame |
| 7. | a sudden burst of flame |
| 8. | a. a blaze of light or fire used to illuminate, identify, alert, signal distress, etc |
| b. the device producing such a blaze | |
| 9. | a spreading shape or anything with a spreading shape: a skirt with a flare |
| 10. | a sudden outburst, as of emotion |
| 11. | optics |
| a. the unwanted light reaching the image region of an optical device by reflections inside the instrument, etc | |
| b. See also solar flare the fogged area formed on a negative by such reflections | |
| 12. | astronomy short for solar flare |
| 13. | aeronautics the final transition phase of an aircraft landing, from the steady descent path to touchdown |
| 14. | an open flame used to burn off unwanted gas at an oil well |
| [C16 (to spread out): of unknown origin] | |
| flared | |
| —adj | |
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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
gradually outward" (1640s). Flare-up "a sudden burst" is from 1837. Flares "flared trousers" is from 1964.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
flare (flâr)
n.
An area of redness on the skin surrounding the primary site of infection or irritation.
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Example sentences
Stipulated penalties for repeated causes of acid gas and tail gas flaring.
It settled into a pattern of flaring up every now and then before dying back to a grumble.
It is a fine spectacle to watch from some eminence the bonfires flaring up one after another on the neighbouring heights.
As his own choreographer, he weaves dance into action with subtlety and flaring theatricalism.
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