Flare

Quick meaning: Flare is a noun meaning A sudden bright light.

Meaning

A sudden bright light.

More Meanings

1. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
2. (figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
3. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
4. (in the plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
5. (aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
6. (baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
7. (American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.

Example Sentences

"A strange flare of maternal pride," he remarked in his usual detached fashion as he rejoined Parkinson.

[T]he forward deck near the house was all saturated with spilt oil and there was a quantity of oakum lying about, some of which possibly had been used for flares or distress signals.

We made a movie picture by the use of flares, the brilliant light startling the blacks, but their surprise quickly gave way to enthusiasm,—just another of the white bwana's magic powers.

In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.

Word Forms

• flares
• flaring
• flared

Synonyms for flare

Depending on context, synonyms include blooper, flare-up, flame, erupt, burn up, blaze up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flare up, blaze up, burn up, flash, flame, erupt.

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