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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flare \Flare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flared}; p. pr & vb n. {Flaring}.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.] 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. With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. --Shak. 4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.] Flaring in sunshine all the day --Prior. 5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. {To flare up}, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flaring \Flar"ing\, a. 1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light. His [the sun's] flaring beams. --Milton. 2. Opening or speading outwards. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flaring adj 1: having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a skirt flaring from the waist" [syn: {flared}] 2: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "a fluttering scarf"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze" [syn: {aflare}, {fluttering}, {flying}, {waving}]
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