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verb | noun flareflare1 /flɛr/ ●○○ verb VERB TABLEflare |
| Present | I, you, we, they | flare | | he, she, it | flares | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | flared | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have flared | | he, she, it | has flared | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had flared | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will flare | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have flared |
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| Present | I | am flaring | | he, she, it | is flaring | | you, we, they | are flaring | | Past | I, he, she, it | was flaring | | you, we, they | were flaring | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been flaring | | he, she, it | has been flaring | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been flaring | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be flaring | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been flaring |
THESAURUSproduce flames/heat► burn to produce heat and flames: The fire in the hills has been burning for a week. Some pine logs were burning in the fireplace. ► catch fire to start burning: The curtains caught fire, and suddenly the whole room was burning. ► burst into flames to quickly catch fire: When the match hit the gasoline, it burst into flames. ► light to make a fire, cigarette, or candle start to burn: Can you light the candles on the dining table? ► set fire to something to make something burn in order to destroy it: A protester set fire to a car parked nearby. ► ignite formal to start burning, or make something start burning: The spark ignited the gasoline. When the gasoline ignites, it burns quickly. ► be on fire to be burning and being damaged: The house across the street was on fire, so I called 911. ► be in flames to be burning – used especially in writing: When the fire trucks arrived, the whole building was in flames. ► blaze to burn brightly with a lot of flames and heat – used especially in writing: A big log fire was blazing in the fireplace. ► flare (also flare up) to suddenly begin to burn, or burn more brightly for a short time: He lit a match, which flared briefly. ► smolder to burn slowly with smoke but no flames: The camp fire was still smoldering the next morning. ► scorch to burn the surface of something and make a dark mark on it: The candle burned all the way down and scorched the table. ► incinerate to completely destroy something using fire: Some of the garbage is incinerated after it has been collected. ► cremate to burn the body of a dead person after a funeral: My grandmother wanted to be cremated when she died. 1[intransitive] (also flare up) to suddenly begin to burn, or to burn more brightly for a short time: A match flared in the darkness.► see thesaurus at burn12[intransitive] (also flare up) if strong feelings flare, people suddenly become angry, violent, etc.: Violence has flared up again in the Arab World.3[intransitive] (also flare up) if a disease or illness flares, it suddenly becomes worse: My allergies tend to flare up in humid weather.4[intransitive, transitive] to make the nostrils become wider, especially because of an angry feeling: The bull flared its nostrils and charged.5[intransitive always + adv./prep.] (also flare out) to become wider toward one end: The dress flares out at the hip. verb | noun flareflare2 noun 1[countable] a piece of equipment that produces a bright flame, or the flame itself, used outdoors as a signal: Flares marked the landing site.2[countable usually singular] a sudden bright flame3flares [plural] pants that become wide near the bottom of the leg |