meaning of flare
1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
4. To be exposed to too much light.
5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
6. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
7. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
8. Leaf of lard.
9. baseball a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
Related Words
flare | flare out | flare pass | flare path | flare star | flare up | flare-up | flared |
