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flaring
flare F0161800 (flâr)v. flared, flar·ing, flares v.intr.1. To flame up with a bright, wavering light.2. To burst into intense, sudden flame.3. a. To erupt or intensify suddenly: Tempers flared at the meeting. His allergies flared up.b. To become suddenly angry. Used with up: He flared up when she alluded to his financial difficulties.c. To make a sudden angry verbal attack. Used with out: flared out at his accusers.4. To expand or open outward in shape: a skirt that flares from the waist; nostrils that flared with anger.v.tr.1. To cause to flame up.2. To signal with a blaze of light.n.1. A brief wavering blaze of light.2. A device that produces a bright light for signaling, illumination, or identification.3. An outbreak, as of emotion or activity.4. An expanding or opening outward.5. An unwanted reflection within an optical system or the resultant fogging of the image.6. A solar flare.7. a. Football A short pass to a back running toward the sideline.b. Baseball A fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield.8. Medicine a. An area of redness on the skin surrounding the primary site of infection or irritation.b. A sudden worsening of the symptoms of a disease or condition: treating an arthritis flare.
[Origin unknown.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | flaring - 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"aflaremoving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine" |
IdiomsSeeflareflaring
flaring[′fler·iŋ] (metallurgy) Increasing the diameter at the end of a pipe or tube. flaring
Related to flaring: nasal flaringSynonyms for flaringadj streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of airSynonymsRelated Words |