Flare can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| flare - shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment" | ||
| flare - burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity" | ||
| flare - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" | ||
| flare - become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out" | ||
Noun |
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| flare - a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | ||
| flare - a sudden burst of flame | ||
| flare - (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield | ||
| flare - a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification | ||
| flare - a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare" | ||
| flare - a sudden outburst of emotion; "she felt a flare of delight"; "she could not control her flare of rage" | ||
| flare - am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection) | ||
| flare - a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms; "a colitis flare"; "infection can cause a lupus flare" | ||
| flare - reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation | ||
| flare - a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines; "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss" | ||
| flare - a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference |
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| 1. | noun | The skirt had a wide flare. | |
| 2. | noun | She felt a flare of delight. | |
| 3. | noun | She could not control her flare of rage. | |
| 4. | noun | A colitis flare. | |
| 5. | noun | Infection can cause a lupus flare. | |
| 6. | noun | He threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss. | |
| 7. | noun | We thought Mary and Tom were lost at sea but then we saw the distress flare. | |
| 8. | verb | Every star seemed to flare with new intensity. | |
| 9. | verb | The bellbottom pants flare out. |
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| The skirt had a wide flare. |
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| She felt a flare of delight. |
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| She could not control her flare of rage. |
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| A colitis flare. |
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| Infection can cause a lupus flare. |
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| He threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss. |
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| We thought Mary and Tom were lost at sea but then we saw the distress flare. | |
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| Every star seemed to flare with new intensity. |
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| The bellbottom pants flare out. |
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