flare

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Synonyms: glare, fare, blare, flame, flake, aflare, feare, lare, flore, flarf, flark

Antonyms: glare, fare, blare, flame, flake, aflare, feare, lare, flore, flarf, flark

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Noun

1. A [[sudden]] [[bright]] [[light]].
2. A [[source#Noun|source]] of [[brightly]] [[burning#Adjective|burning]] [[light#Noun|light]] or [[intense]] [[heat#Noun|heat]].
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[sudden]] [[eruption]] or [[outbreak]]; a [[flare-up]].
4. A [[widening#Noun|widening]] of an [[object#Noun|object]] with an otherwise [[roughly]] [[constant]] [[width]].
5. {{lb|en|in plural}} [[bell-bottom|Bell-bottom]] [[trousers]].
6. {{lb|en|aviation}} The [[transition]] from [[downward]] [[flight]] to [[level#Adjective|level]] flight just before [[landing#Noun|landing]].
7. {{lb|en|baseball}} A low [[fly ball]] that is hit in the region between the [[infielder]]s and the [[outfielder]]s.
8. {{lb|en|American football}} A [[route]] run by the [[running back]], releasing toward the [[sideline]] and then slightly [[arc]]ing [[upfield]] looking for a [[short pass]].
9. {{lb|en|photography}} {{ellipsis of|en|lens flare}}.
10. An [[acrobatic]] [[move]] of [[helicopter]]ing one's [[torso]] on [[alternate|alternating]] [[arm]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause#Verb|cause]] to [[burn#Verb|burn]]; in particular, to [[burn off]] excess [[gas#Noun|gas]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause#Verb|cause]] [[inflammation]]; to [[inflame]].
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[open#Verb|open]] [[outward]] in [[shape#Noun|shape]].
4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|aviation}} To ([[operate]] an [[aircraft]] to) [[transition]] from [[downward]] [[flight]] to [[level#Adjective|level]] flight just before [[landing#Noun|landing]].
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[blaze#Verb|blaze]] [[brightly]].
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[shine#Verb|shine]] out with a [[sudden]] and [[unsteady]] [[light#Noun|light]]; to [[emit]] a [[dazzling]] or [[painfully]] [[bright]] light.
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To shine out with [[gaudy]] [[colour#Noun|colours]]; to be [[offensively]] bright or [[showy]].
8. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To [[suddenly]] [[happen]] or [[intensify]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To suddenly [[erupt]] in [[anger#Noun|anger]].
10. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To be [[expose#Verb|exposed]] to too much light.

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